Four crews head to Mission Bay house fire
The top storey of the home was involved in fire when crews arrived.
The top storey of the home was involved in fire when crews arrived.
"He opened the door and all you could see was black."
Fire investigator Kevin Holmes said the man reached his daughter "just in time".
A body was found by firefighters tackling a blaze at a property in Papakura-Clevedon Road, South Auckland. / Brett Phibbs
Owners were not home when 'unexplained' fire broke out.
Skaters deterred from high launches following Auckland death.
Former war hero Steve Askin was killed in the crash while fighting the Port Hills blaze.
More than 20 fire appliances flocked to a fire at the Ambassador Theatre in Pt Chevalier.
Post mortem found Hassan was killed from "blast injuries" caused by a mobile phone.
The owner of a house that caught fire as she slept overnight says smoke alarms save her.
The latest claims come amid increasing scrutiny over Tesla's safety.
Fifty firefighters worked to contain the blaze on Tainui Street.
Chaos overnight with windows broken and a fire started by inmates at Whanganui prison.
Fire engine crashed, brigade man's skull fatally crushed after malicious false alarm.
Nearly a dozen fire trucks rush to house blaze in Grey Lynn.
Fire damaged a changing shed separate from the main buildings.
Tika and Tika Kafle and their 8-year-old son Prem died in a house fire in 2015.
Couple loses all their belongings in a fire just days before their first child is due.
Neighbours anxious to learn the cause of the fire after turning off all their heaters.
Seven fire appliances and three ambulances at fatal house fire in Mangere Bridge.
A car fire is thought to have started after the wrong gas was used to fill the fuel tank.
Police are investigating a fatal house fire and say the death is unexplained.
Firefighter extinguishes blazing car fire in Queenstown. / James Allan
Fire broke out about 4.30am and engulfed an upper room in the two-storey house.
Ambulance officers attend to person's burns after gas-bottle incident.
Searches and sales on heating ballooned as the first real chill of winter started to bite.
Fifteen firefighters are still at the scene fighting the blaze on Panckhurst Drive.