Coromandel town police officers are baffled as to why anyone would want to set fire to their small station.

Concerns are held for the health of three detainees on the roof of Sydney's Villawood Detention Centre.

One person was treated for smoke inhalation after firefighters put out a blaze at a west Auckland house this morning.

Police have named the 25-year-old woman who died as a result of a house fire in Paraparaumu yesterday morning.

The flatmate of a 25-year-old mother who died in a house fire in Paraparaumu last night has described how she tried to save her.

Dozens of firefighters are working to put out a blaze at a chicken hatchery in a rural area south of Auckland.

Firefighters have brought a blaze at an apartment block in central Auckland this afternoon under control.

An apprentice mechanic whose dream car was torched in Masterton on Saturday has been swamped with offers of parts from all around the country.

A honeymooning pair claim to have run into not one, but six natural disasters as they followed their itinerary around the globe.

Howls from a child trapped in a burning house compelled an 18-year-old neighbour to dash inside. "That was a cry that you would never hear in your life," said Wiremu Ropata, who was watching television at home and getting ready to go to bed

Police and fire safety officers are investigating a third suspicious fire in the Manawatu town of Feilding this year after a blaze at a hair salon overnight.