A firefighter has undergone surgery after three men fell through a floor while battling a Christchurch blaze.

Three Christchurch firefighters have been taken to hospital after a quake-hit building...

A large factory destroyed by fire yesterday could have been saved had sprinklers been installed, says a fire safety officer.

Fire crews have put out a "huge" blaze that destroyed a tofu factory in the south Auckland suburb of Papakura this afternoon.

A suspicious fire has destroyed a recently-vacated Mongrel Mob house in Invercargill this morning.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown has ordered an urgent report assessing ways to save the iconic St James Theatre.

An 11-year-old boy impaled at an Auckland school this morning asked his rescuers not to amputate his leg as they cut him off a school fence. He slipped while climbing the fence but is unlikely to suffer permanent damage.

Far North fire victim Hugh David Aarons yelled for help as his Kaitaia flat burned and neighbours frantically tried to break down his door to get him out.

The fire that killed a 51-year-old Kaitaia man this morning was the second blaze in the same unit this year, police say.

Two men have been arrested and charged in connection with a fire at the Coromandel Police Station over Easter.