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Burn victim may have put petrol on backyard fire
A 50-year-old Warkworth man suffered burns to much of his body after a backyard fire exploded.
Infant falls into fire
A one-year-old boy is in intensive care and due to have surgery for serious burns after falling into a fire.
Christchurch fire may have been deliberately lit
A fire in an empty house in Christchurch overnight is believed to have been deliberately lit.
Students blame police after fires
Drunk university students who set couches alight after being turfed out of parties are blaming police for inflaming tensions.
Man may have been saved twice
It appears the 54-year-old man saved from his burning Dunedin flat on Monday night may have been rescued twice, by different people.
Firefighters battle boat blaze at Auckland marina
Firefighters were this morning fighting a boat on fire at an Auckland marina.
Judge: Desire for vengeance led to arson
Anger and a desire for vengeance, combined with alcohol, probably led a Mosgiel man to light fires causing $100,000 damage to his former partner's home, a judge says.
Fire hero hailed for saving neighbour
A Dunedin woman is being hailed as a hero after running into a burning City Council flat to pull a 54-year-old man to safety.
Scout hall damaged in arson attack
A "mindless" arson attack on a Scout hall in Wellington could have jeopardised children's Easter camping plans, the local Scout leader says.
Arson latest attack on kids
The head teacher at a Northland kindergarten has made a plea to the community to help catch the culprits who are destroying their playground with vandalism that now includes an arson attack.
Firefighters battling scrub fire in rural Waikato
Firefighters are battling a scrub fire in a remote part of rural Waikato this morning.
Fire, evacuation at Albany mall
Two 14-year-old girls are being spoken to by police after a scrub fire which forced the evacuation of a shopping mall on Auckland's North Shore.
Scrub fire near Wanganui Airport
The fire was covering at least 1 hectare of tussock grass between the ocean and the airport. It was windy and the fire spreading fast, a Fire Service spokesman said.
Nelson vehicle testing stations damaged in fire
A fire has significantly damaged two vehicle testing stations in a Nelson commercial building.
Twist in deadly fire case 40 years on
Forty years after 15 people died in the firebombing of Brisbane's Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub, controversy and conspiracy theories still surround what was until the Port Arthur massacre, Australia's worst mass murder.
Shock at arsonist's release
A Rotorua woman whose home was torched by her ex-partner is shocked he has been released from jail after serving just over one-third of his sentence.
Discarded butt blamed for blaze
A discarded cigarette butt has been blamed for a blaze that wreaked $250,000 worth of damage to a shed, vehicles and equipment at a Masterton garden supply firm.
Fire crews battle Masterton forest blaze
About eight hectares of forest has been burned by a blaze in rural Masterton, with crews still on site last night to keep the fire under control.