One person suffering burns has been hospitalised.

A raging fire has taken hold of a house in a Christchurch beachside suburb.

At least one person has been injured in a gas canister explosion.

NZ firefighters have arrived to applause as they touched down in Australia last night.

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"Wildfires can happen any time, it only takes one spark. We all own the risk."

Emergency services are responding to another crash on Coromandel's SH25a this evening.

A truck has hit a gas main in Mt Wellington this morning, causing a gas leak in the area.

22 firefighters will head across the ditch after a formal request from Australian Govt.

Fire crews responded to a large blaze in Glendene, West Auckland, this morning.

Crews from around the region poured in to try to save the firefighter's home.

"All I could see was this wheel coming towards me and I thought this is going to hurt."

FENZ have already attended a large number of call-outs which was a waste of resources.

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Five people have been hospitalised after an early morning crash in Christchurch.

Two people died in a crashes in Auckland and Canterbury last night.

Motorists are being told to expect delays.

Northern fire communications say everyone there at time of blaze is accounted for.

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Adelaide woman Lisa Hosking located in a Hamilton hospital, suffering from severe burns.

The richlister said he wasn't sure how the crash happened.

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Firefighters were called to a blaze at the 156-year-old hotel about 1am today.

About 15 staff members helped evacuate everyone at the library.

As fire spread through the grass, firefighters realised they'd been burgled.

The crash followed a number of other serious incidents around the country last night.

Two people were able to flee the house.

"On arrival, the building was well ablaze and we have called for more crews."