Auckland high-rise residents are covering smoke alarms to avoid accidental call-out fines.

Fatal London tower fire was a "disaster waiting to happen", experts have said.

A dishwasher caught fire in the kitchen of a Hamilton home this morning.

Fears plastic cladding caused Grenfell Tower housing block to "light up like a matchstick"

Baby caught by man on ground after being dropped from the tower engulfed in flames.

Many residents said they were only alerted to the fire by neighbours banging on doors.

Chilling prediction was issued about a potential "catastrophic" fire at London apartment.

What caused it and how many are dead so far?

A woman on fire burst out of a South Auckland house after a massive explosion.

A pilot has survived after a plane crash-landed in South Auckland.

Union says specialist Auckland fire trucks are so run down they're putting lives at risk.

A car engulfed in flames is threatening a building at a New Lynn sports club.

The 19-year-old Piha resident was arrested after spate of fires at the seaside community.

A person has died after a house fire in Tauranga. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Four fire crews are fighting the fire on Greerton Rd in Tauranga.

Paraplegic lucky to be alive as blaze consumed the wooden, decade old property quickly.

Firefighters from four crews are at the scene of a large Mt Wellington blaze.

A Matamata house burnt down after a man forgot about his dinner and went to bed.

No one is believed to have been hurt in a "massive" Pukekohe house fire.

A lucky escape after an early-morning fire gutted a house south of Hamilton.

Fire at North Canterbury honey factory now under control.

Large fire at North Canterbury honey shed

Police to investigate if a fire in a Waikato property was deliberately lit.

Police probe wheelie bin fires in Christchurch

Fire crews did not realise the man had died until after the fire was extinguished.

The Fire Service were called to the "well involved" blaze at Pacific Steel after midnight.

A house in Gore has been badly damaged in a fire.

The fire service were called to West Coast Rd on Oratia just before 9.30pm.

At least eight crews are at Hayes Metals on Neilson St

Fire service warns blaze in Auckland high rise could have been much worse.