Six people were taken to hospital last night after they escaped the fierce fire.

The home that went up in flames is believed to be rented out on AirBnB.

The fire is in the ground floor of an eight-storey building.

Pureora DoC staff will work from different offices after lightning destroyed their base.

Houses have been struck by lightning and two people have been rescued from floodwaters.

The two-storey hotel was already badly damaged when it burned last night.

This is the tragic final photo of a festival-goer running into flames before he died.

A fire at a Te Kuiti sawmill has reignited from last night.

Twenty fire-fighters were sent to battle the blaze on Tweed St in Roslyn.

Police would like to know who killed a Tirau grandmother.

Firefighters couldn't save a home engulfed by fire.

Reports are coming in of a fire in central Christchurch.

Fourteen appliances and over 50 firefighters tackled a high rise blaze tonight.

Fire crews are battling an early morning blaze in a cow shed.

A person has suffered burn injuries in a gas bottle explosion near Tekapo.

A house in Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt, was severely damaged in a fire this afternoon.

Teen fled burning tower with study notes, took 9am exam in the same clothes she left in.

Police want to hear from a man whose car had broken down close to where a fire killed 3.

One patient was in a critical condition and the other had burns to the face and hands.

The roof of the Titirangi War Memorial Hall is on fire.

About 4200 Ford Focus cars are being recalled in New Zealand due to a fuel tank fault.

A rebuild worker reveals how he broke into a blazing house in an attempt to save a man.

Fifteen fire engines have been called to a factory fire at Hellers sausage factory in Wiri

A boarding house operator has been fined $1,500 for failing to install fire alarms.

Hazard reduction burns on the outskirts of Sydney is causing headaches for city.

Marlborough Lines is being blamed for a fire caused when a felled tree hit powerlines.

A house fire in Christchurch this morning has left one person dead.

A man made it out of the burning house alive but a woman was unable to escape.

A person was sleeping inside when fire broke out in an Auckland industrial building.

Fire engulfed a Nelson property with one person suffering burns.