The body of a person who died in a fire in a flat on Auckland's North Shore yesterday will be removed today.

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.

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.