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'I'll burn the house down': Man's Molotov cocktail revenge backfires, torches innocent person's home
Joshua Brennan's drunken retaliation caused about $25,000 in damage.
Waikato firewood injuries rack up $2.4m ACC bill
Nationally, 8374 firewood injury claims cost the country $19.9m in 2024.
Police seek information after suspicious Nelson house fire; man charged with arson
A 47-year-old man faces arson and wounding charges after the fire.
Gore police follow 'positive leads' in suspicious Waikaia house fire
Police have appealed to the public for more information.
Police investigating Auckland bus fire, ‘thankfully’ no one injured
The remains of the bus are being scoured for clues after a big blaze.
Watch: Fire engulfs AT bus, driver praised for 'fantastic job' getting passengers off
AT said someone on the bus had 'some accessibility challenges'.
Firefighters working to extinguish hotspots at 'well-involved' house fire
The Torbay fire was reported just after 3pm.
Two injured in Papakura house fire
'On arrival we found two attached units well involved in fire.'
Woman who set her own home alight rescued by heroic neighbour - then jailed
Kristle Manuel was unconscious in her burning Blenheim home when help arrived.
Hundreds of grieving students perform haka for victim of house fire
Navaeh Ngamoki-Porter, 14, was rescued from the burning building, but later died.
Arsonist blames meth and psychedelics after $4m Auckland lodge destroyed in blaze
She predicted to a friend she would burn the place down, then she followed through.
One person injured after Timaru fire
Crews were called to the blaze on Rimu St around 4.30pm.
Man charged with seven counts of arson after Masterton church fires
It comes after a manhunt for 44-year-old Michael Kane McRae.
Three dead, including two firefighters, in blaze at former RAF base
Firefighters Jennie Logan, 30, and Martyn Sadler, 38, died in the fire.
Ukrainian charged with arson at properties linked to Starmer
Man faces three counts of arson with intent to endanger life.
It's a 'rough area': Tenants deny starting fire that damaged rental property
The fire happened hours after the tenants had been asked to remove a pile of rubbish.
'Deeply traumatic': Two years since Loafers Lodge fire tragedy
The building remains unchanged, and its future is still uncertain.
Autumn house fires spark safety warnings ahead of winter
A Flaxmere house fire was caused by residual heat in folded tumbled-dried clothing.
'You ran away:' Anger as teen sentenced for setting fatal fire that claimed woman's life
He was just 12-years-old when he lit a fire at the foot of the woman's bed in 2020.
Occupants escape house fire in Hastings, two taken to hospital
Firefighters are battling a house fire in the Hastings suburb of Flaxmere.
Victim of Waikato house fire was 14-year-old schoolgirl
She was Navaeh Ngamoki-Porter, a Year 10 student at Rototuna Junior High.
'It was like an inferno': Third fire in a year destroys Napier home
A neighbouring home was also blackened by the roaring blaze.
Christchurch pub damaged in late-night fire
Emergency services were called just after midnight.
Major blaze shuts down East Tāmaki Rd as crews tackle scrapyard fire
Part of East Tāmaki Rd remains closed due to the large blaze.
Her husband died years ago. Then she found a 'miracle' in her house's charred ruin
'For the unluckiest people, we are very lucky.'
'Held together by wire': Mechanic's quick-fix on broken fire truck labelled 'Kiwi ingenuity'
The on-call mechanic carried out an emergency repair on the fire truck.
Nine fires in five years: Environment Court rules on scrap metal dealer
Training, stockpile monitoring and management and lithium battery handling orders made.
'Huge flames': Carport blaze wakes neighbourhood
A carport fire in Sunnybrook was extinguished early this morning.
Fire at Glen Innes WINZ office
The Glen Innes Ministry of Social Development building on Mayfair Pl went up in smoke around 7am this morning. Video / Buhay Pinoy Sa New Zealand
Watch: Smoke fills Auckland shopping centre as fire breaks out in govt offices
Police have cordoned off carpark, and shopkeepers have been told to close their doors.
Hamilton schools, road locked down after gas leak
A section of Hamilton’s Clyde St has been closed due to a gas leak.
'There’s a fire in your playground!': Hero schoolgirl alerts staff, saves lives in restaurant blaze
Nine-year-old Harper Davis saw "a flicker of fire" and raced to tell McDonald's staff.
Ten people treated after large Christchurch two-storey house blaze
Emergency services were called around 8am.