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The Serious Crash Unit is investigating the scene at the intersection of Smales Road and Te Irirangi Drive, East Tamaki, following a three-vehicle crash. Video / NZ Herald

Firefighters are responding to a fire at a car wreckers in Ngongotahā near Rotorua. Video / Supplied

The university said the fire was believed to have started in a light fixture.

Fire crews rushed to the University of Auckland after a blaze broke out on the second floor of a law school building. Video / Cameron Pitney

Ponsonby/Herne Bay/St Marys Bay locals fume about what appears to them to be a dead site.

Pallets of kibble could be seen with the contents spilled across the road.

Firefighters have contained a truck fire on State Highway 1 carrying dog food supplies that caught fire north of Silverdale shortly after 1:30am. Video / NZ Herald

Four trucks were sent to the downtown Auckland's Ferry Building just about 8pm.

The home owner recently lost her husband and has had to deal with a second death.

Videos on social media showed flames several metres high bursting out from the windows.

'I believe that the public has suffered as a result of the strike action to date.'

The blaze was extinguished within 40 minutes of crews arriving.

Two fires scorched more than 3000 hectares of fragile Tongariro National Park landscape. Video / Mike Scott

Pare Tamihana had earlier noticed a strong gas smell, but still lit up inside.

Eight staff are without work for at least a month while insurance assesses the damage.

Smoke from the blaze drifted towards nearby towns.

A body was found inside the sleepout in Ōtāhuhu after it caught alight last night.

Emergency services at the scene of a fire in Bethlehem, Tauranga.

Police are working to establish the cause of a fatal sleepout fire at a South Auckland property. Video \ Anna Heath

Senior station officer Michael Manning talks to the Herald about a house fire in Tawariki St, Ponsonby. Video \ Jason Dorday

Video of the fire just after 10am showed a large plume of grey smoke coming from a property. Video / Supplied

Five crews from Fire and Emergency have responded the fire during the city's morning commute.

Each rubbish-truck fire in Auckland is estimated to cost about $5000.

A recent fire suspected to have been caused by batteries in Auckland's Lynfield where the recycling truck had to dump its load. Video / Auckland Council

Three fire crews and 12 firefighters are working to bring the blaze under control.

The claim comes as firefighters walk off the job again today.

About 20 hectares have burned, with the fire now contained and suppressed.

Emergency crews were called about 6.15pm.

Watch: Car on fire on Auckland motorway. Video / Supplied