More than half of the people injured in house fires went back into their burning home to fight the blaze or grab possessions.

The seaside Waikato township of Raglan is reeling after parts of the historic wharf went up in flames this morning.

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Dozens of firefighters last night battled a huge blaze at the country's biggest graveyard, the Waikumete Cemetery in West Auckland.

A teenager told police she knew a mother-of-three was at home when she started a fire that blocked the woman's chance to escape and left her to die.

A tearful teenage girl who deliberately lit a fire which killed Pukekohe mum Lynette Chapman today changed her plea on a murder charge to guilty.

A 17-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to murdering Pukekohe mother of three Lynette Chapman, who died in a fire in her home in January.

A 19-year-old has been sentenced to two years jail for the manslaughter of a mother of three who was burned to death in her south Auckland home.