Heat puts Australia on high alert
Emergency services in three states were on high alert yesterday as a heatwave blasted southern Australia.
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Fire destroys classrooms at school
An Invercargill high school has lost two new classrooms and a vehicle, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars, in a large fire today.
Sheds catch fire behind Bay of Islands home
Three sheds behind a Bay of Islands home caught fire early this morning.
Families fight fire to protect homes
Families fought flames with spades, garden hoses and shoes to protect their Havelock North homes yesterday.
Burning boat on Lake Lyndon
A video of a speedboat dousing a burning vessel by swerving next to it has gone viral on the internet.
Holiday cut short after caravan blaze
Christchurch woman Peta Pool and her grandson Justice faced a long drive back to Canterbury after their pop top caravan burned to the ground yesterday.
Family escape deliberate inferno
A West Auckland family escaped from an inferno after their house was deliberately set on fire early on Christmas morning.
Silence tortures triplets' parents
Seven months ago their lives were a happy chaos as they raised energetic and vibrant triplets Lillie, Jackson and Willsher.
Christmas Eve blaze deliberately lit
A fire that forced a family of eight to flee their west Auckland home early today was deliberately lit, police say.
Hastings man pulled from fire
A Hastings teen is being hailed a hero after jumping a 3-metre fence, dragging a sleeping man from his bed and extinguishing a flaming frying pan.
Family faces Christmas without triplets
The parents of 2-year-old triplets who died in a Doha mall fire will be surrounded by family as they face their first Christmas without their "three little monkeys".
Sprinklers failed in Doha mall fire
Sprinklers in a Doha mall could have stopped the smoke that claimed the lives of 19 people including young New Zealand triplets - if they were working.
Three cars set alight in Upper Hutt overnight
Red, white and blue cars were set alight on different streets over a four-hour period in Upper Hutt last night.
Volunteer firefighter's secret arson conviction
A volunteer firefighter failed to mention his conviction for arson when he applied for duty with a rural fire force.
Fireman pictured fighting blaze had arson conviction
A volunteer firefighter failed to mention his conviction for arson when he applied for duty with a rural fire force.
Burn off sparks costly pine fire
Rural landowners risk hefty bills for fires that take more than an hour to fight, Wairarapa principal rural fire officer Phil Wishnowsky has warned.
Nelson pub damaged in suspicious blaze
A Nelson pub was gutted by a suspicious fire that sparked fears for an adjacent petrol station early this morning.
Total fire ban across Hawke's Bay
The Department of Conservation is taking the unusual step of declaring a total fire ban across its Hawke's Bay regional parks for the first time in 12 years.
Cricket great Crowe's fiery protest
New Zealand's greatest batsman, Martin Crowe, is understood to have set fire to his New Zealand cricket blazer in protest at the demotion of Ross Taylor as captain.