The Department of Conservation is sending in helicopters this morning to deal with the remnants of a bush fire on the Coromandel.

Firefighters responding to reports of smoke at a multi-storey building are using thermal imaging cameras to find the source.

Crews from Thames, Turua, Te Puru and Tapu have been called to assist at the blaze.

A fundraising effort has begun for a man whose wife, son and mother-in-law died in a fire yesterday.

Firefighters grateful for change of heart on legal troubles.

Firefighters are working in warm conditions to douse the fire at Te Hauke, south of Hastings.

A caretaker's shed and boiler room are on fire at Riverhills Primary School.

A chemical leak which closed part of Napier Port earlier today has now been contained.

A 500sqm vegetation fire near Uretiti Beach DOC campsite, just south of Ruakaka has been contained.

Rush hour traffic between Hastings and Napier has been affected by a blaze at a Napier Fertiliser works earlier today.

After five long nights on a cliff edge suffering a broken leg and severe dehydration, cocker spaniel Bluey will soon be home with

Police want to remind Kiwis to keep safe during fireworks season.

The country's biggest volunteer fire brigade has taken out insurance after a court case involving a fire truck crashing on its way to an emergency callout.

Ngaruawahia again in the news after car "apparently blew up".

One person has been airlifted to hospital after the ute they were in rolled at a beach north of Auckland this afternoon. Emergency

Police and the Fire Service are at a West Auckland cemetery tonight following reports a car within the grounds is on fire.

It wasn't quite the cat-up-a-tree cliche, but it was something near-enough that gave a Wellington fire crew a memorable call-out for the long weekend.

Fire crews are the scene of a house fire in Westport this evening. A spokeswoman for the NZ Fire Service said they were called to

Seven suspicious fires have been lit across Wellington in a busy night for police and firefighters.

Emergency services were called to a street in the centre of Taupo after reports of an explosion.

Two fire engines put out a car fire in Palmerston North this evening.

A second fire truck has been deemed off limits by firefighters as union action against faulty vehicles goes nationwide.

A teenager has been taken to hospital after suffering burns while trying to start a fire using petrol.

Firefighters are battling a house fire in Hamilton after they were called to the property.

Man who failed to appear as a witness at the David Bain retrial was back in court today over alleged obstruction of a fire officer.

Emergency services have been scrambled to Auckland Airport after the crew reported a burning smell.

The Fire Service, St John, Surf Life Saving and the RSA have revealed plans for National Volunteer Week.

A Timaru toddler who fell 150cm through floorboards in the bathroom of his home is now back to normal after his extraordinary escapade yesterday.

Arcing powerlines have sparked a house fire in Warkworth this morning.

Firefighter Phil Glenn has special motivation for lugging 25kgs of gear up the country's tallest bulding for a sixth time - he's doing it for his mate Charlotte.