A large fire has gutted the offices of an iwi authority in Napier this afternoon.

The mother of a teenager who was found on fire outside his Tauranga home is desperate for answers.

A bar owner reportedly doused in petrol before he escaped his burning hotel had previous run-ins with gang members, locals say.

Dozens of moaning and badly burned survivors from a massive tanker blast that killed at least 230 people recovered in hospitals and clinics across eastern Congo, two days after the wrecked fuel truck exploded on a rural highway.

Firefighters have warned of the dangers of "fire safe" clothing labels following the deaths of two men.