
Cars to be removed from watery grave under SkyCity convention centre
The cars have been trapped since the SkyCity Convention centre blaze.
The cars have been trapped since the SkyCity Convention centre blaze.
Fire crews were called to the scene about 5.20am.
Two choppers and nine fire trucks battled the Mamaranui fire this evening.
A fire and emergency spokesperson says they were called to the fire on Cass St.
Smoke has stopped pouring from the building.
Rowan Baxter is reported to have approached the car with his wife and three children.
Crews are still at the scene of a scrub fire in Christchurch.
The golf club was completely gutted by fire on Saturday afternoon.
Linwood Road in Karaka, south of Auckland, is closed after a serious crash.
Marlborough authorities leaving nothing to chance in case the wind changes this morning.
The investigation into the fire was going to be "extremely hard".
A fuel pump was left scorched at a petrol station in North Shore.
A witness told the Rotorua Daily Post there were "lots of old cars piled up" at the site.
The incident took place on the Northern Motorway heading southbound, near Tristram Ave.
Fire crews would struggle to access water to fight blazes after a large earthquake.
Repairing a signal box that caught fire at Newmarket will take the rest of the day.
The pursuit of growth, always growth, by corporations and the wealthy must stop.
A judge has dismissed all charges one lady was facing in connection to a Dunedin fire.
A total of 13 people were rescued off a boat near Waiheke yesterday.
"It's been 20 years. They haven't caught me yet, they're not going to."
A chopper and 10 fire trucks are attending.
The fire at the Tauranga urupā site is being described as "very concerning".
Mayor calls those stopping tinder-box dry region from being engulfed "blimmin' legends".
Cause of fire unconfirmed, but "may have been someone mowing a paddock", firefighters say.
Many councils have water and fire restrictions due to parched conditions.
Thick haze over Rangiora as scrub fires continue to burn.
Blaze was well involved when fire crews arrived just before 1am.
Three months on and debris at SkyCity is still being cleared.
"It was a great save by our fire brigades. I think I owe them a beer."