A blaze which tore through a house and car in Tokoroa this morning is being treated as suspicious.

For Hawkes Bay woman Alicia Buxton, some of her most precious possessions were the little boxes of "firsts".

Fire safety officers are investigating the cause of a Dunedin house fire in which a dog died yesterday.

A young mother who died in an house fire had disconnected one of her smoke alarms earlier in the evening because it kept beeping, according to a coroner's finding.

Police say charges will not be laid in relation to a car fire in Gisborne that badly burned two children.

An Auckland family's home has been gutted by fire just six months after they moved in.

Authorities are investigating a house fire which occurred on Auckland's North Shore last night.

The sight of a young couple trapped in a burning car with a power line draped over it, calling their children to say goodbye, spurred two firefighters into action.

Two Horowhenua College students have been rushed to Palmerston North hospital today after a chemical fire at the school.

A fire at Christchurch Hospital this morning was sparked by workers using a grinder.

The residents of a Christchurch home lost most of their possessions in one of three fires in the South Island since last night.

Oamaru boy Aljay Rankin, 10, is being praised for his clear thinking and quick action in saving his sister and home from a potentially disastrous fire.

LPG cylinders helped fuel a massive house blaze in West Auckland that took firefighters hours to bring under control.

The father of 2-year-old New Zealand triplets who died in a Qatar mall fire just over a year ago has expressed his relief at guilty verdicts in the case.

A firefighter became trapped in a fatal house fire when a ceiling collapsed on top of him, pinning him to the floor.

Police are working to identify a person found dead after a house fire in Hamilton today.

A mother's fight for justice over the death of her autistic son will go to the Health and Disability Commissioner.

A North Shore mother suffered smoke inhalation and burns yesterday as she rescued her two toddlers who had set fire to one of their beds with a lighter.

A fire which engulfed a block of flats north of Wellington early this morning is being treated as suspicious.