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![Bus crash victims believed to be tourists](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Bus crash victims believed to be tourists
Police have confirmed the two men who died are believed to be tourists from Germany.
![Watch: Scars fade but memories remain for firefighter](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Watch: Scars fade but memories remain for firefighter
Merv Neil says the blast felt like a big kick up the backside. As he struggled to his feet he was engulfed in an orange ball of flame. Shielding himself, he briefly looked up to see an enormous cloud of smoke in the sky.
![Two people believed dead in fiery crash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Two people believed dead in fiery crash
A car and a bus carrying 16 tourists collided on the Te Anau-Milford Highway.
![Watch: What it's like in burning house](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Watch: What it's like in burning house
Interactive video show how difficult it is to escape a house fire.
![Fiery crash: Trapped man pleads for help](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Fiery crash: Trapped man pleads for help
Police don't know how many people were in car that caught fire after tourist-bus crash.
![Placemat gets residents out of bed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Placemat gets residents out of bed
Residents were evacuated from a rest home last night after a stovetop element was left on.
![Thames holiday home fire suspicious](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Thames holiday home fire suspicious
Investigators are trying to find the cause of a fire that destroyed a bach.
![Crews on way to Coromandel fire](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Crews on way to Coromandel fire
Fire crews are on their way to Kennedy Bay after reports of a hillside on fire.
![Large fire near Hamilton a controlled burn](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Large fire near Hamilton a controlled burn
A large gorse fire is burning on the outskirts of Hamilton.
![Tributes flow for family killed in fire](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Tributes flow for family killed in fire
Tributes are flowing for a young mum and dad and their baby son who were killed in a house fire.
![Northland scrub fire takes over gully](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Northland scrub fire takes over gully
A scrub fire has taken hold and is spreading, near Kawakawa in the Bay of Islands.
![Hamilton house fire treated as suspicious](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Hamilton house fire treated as suspicious
A fire at a house in Hamilton is now being treated as suspicious.
![Woman and baby dead in house fire](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Woman and baby dead in house fire
Police have revealed a baby and a woman died in a house fire on a large dairy farm early today.
![$20m bike park fire damage 'devastating'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
$20m bike park fire damage 'devastating'
Fire damage to the mountain bike park above Christchurch is "a lot worse" than originally thought.
![Faulty alarm sees IMAX theatre evacuated](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Faulty alarm sees IMAX theatre evacuated
Alarm may have been activated following wild weather.
![Dyers Pass Rd now fully open](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Dyers Pass Rd now fully open
Authorities this afternoon lifted access restrictions on roads around the Port Hills area. Dyers Pass Rd is now open all day and
![Invercargill house fire may be arson](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Invercargill house fire may be arson
No one was home when fire broke out in an Invercargill home and now it's being treated as arson.
![Woman falls 20m to escape fire](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Woman falls 20m to escape fire
A resident in a Moscow high-rise made a miraculous escape when she fell 60ft in a bid to escape an enormous blaze.
![Fire closes Whanganui street](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Fire closes Whanganui street
A house fire in Whanganui this afternoon led emergency services to cordon off a street. Barrack St was cordoned off from Somme Parade
![Fire in Mt Eden apartment block](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Fire in Mt Eden apartment block
No one was in the apartment at the time of the fire and it was too early to confirm the cause.
![Fires break out near Te Kuiti, Ormondville](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Fires break out near Te Kuiti, Ormondville
A separate fire was also burning near Ormondville in Manawatu.
![Raging Tauranga fire now out](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Raging Tauranga fire now out
A significant fire that broke out in a Tauranga plumbing company is now out.
![Fire crews battle blaze near Ashburton](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Fire crews battle blaze near Ashburton
A 400sq m bush blaze is burning beside a rural road near Ashburton.
![Generous gesture surprises firefighters](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Generous gesture surprises firefighters
A grateful community says thanks to the volunteer firefighters who fought the recent blazes in Christchurch.
![Kiwi couple find holiday home in ashes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Kiwi couple find holiday home in ashes
A Kiwi couple have returned to total destruction after a blaze left their holiday home near Taupo in ashes.
![Mayor: 'We avoided a catastrophe'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Mayor: 'We avoided a catastrophe'
Helicopters will return at dawn to see the damage caused by yesterday's wildfire north of Christchurch.
![How climate change could put us in danger](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
How climate change could put us in danger
Travel is safer now, so fewer of us are dying in large-scale disasters, but climate change could reverse the trend.