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'It was like an inferno': Third fire in a year destroys Napier home
A neighbouring home was also blackened by the roaring blaze.
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Nine fires in five years: Environment Court rules on scrap metal dealer
Training, stockpile monitoring and management and lithium battery handling orders made.
'Huge flames': Carport blaze wakes neighbourhood
A carport fire in Sunnybrook was extinguished early this morning.
Fire at Glen Innes WINZ office
The Glen Innes Ministry of Social Development building on Mayfair Pl went up in smoke around 7am this morning. Video / Buhay Pinoy Sa New Zealand
Watch: Smoke fills Auckland shopping centre as fire breaks out in govt offices
Police have cordoned off carpark, and shopkeepers have been told to close their doors.
Hamilton schools, road locked down after gas leak
A section of Hamilton’s Clyde St has been closed due to a gas leak.
'There’s a fire in your playground!': Hero schoolgirl alerts staff, saves lives in restaurant blaze
Nine-year-old Harper Davis saw "a flicker of fire" and raced to tell McDonald's staff.
Ten people treated after large Christchurch two-storey house blaze
Emergency services were called around 8am.
Christchurch, Mairehau house fire: Firefighters battle two-storey house blaze
Christchurch, Mairehau house fire: Firefighters battle two-storey house blaze 10 patients were assessed and treated by our crews in total. Video | George Heard
Police investigate ‘suspected arson’ at Auckland McDonald's
Police are carrying out a scene examination at the restaurant this morning.
Tauranga electric truck fire under investigation
An investigation is under way after an electric truck caught fire at Bethlehem.
People evacuated after electric truck catches fire
The electric truck fire happened at Bethlehem Town Centre, causing clouds of smoke.
Explosions as refugee family 'lose everything' in massive house fire, neighbour entered to find kids
The fire completely gutted the two-storey property in Auckland's Mount Roskill.
Fire and Emergency tried to sack firefighter for pooling allowances to buy groceries for team meals
Employment Relations Authority found Fire and Emergency breached employee's privacy.
Fourteen children arrested in UK following teenage boy's death
Eleven boys and three girls were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter following a fire.
Watch: Fire rips through Mt Roskill house
Neighbours heard explosions as a fire ripped through a Mt Roskill house. Video / supplied
12 fire crews battle house blaze in Queenstown
Helicopters were earlier placed on standby.
'Big bang': Tourist recalls moment he escaped house bus fire that killed his wife
Jirong Wang was found dead inside the bus; Airbnb owner 'deeply shaken'.
Two people charged with arson after Hamilton fire
A man, 46, and woman, 39, are due to appear in court next week.
'It was everything to them': Auckland recycling plant fire leaves employees' future up in the air
The blaze left almost 120 employees without a place to work.
Police investigate South Auckland funeral home fire as arson
Officers say they have not yet linked the fire to a dispute over a Mongrel Mobster's body.
One seriously injured after fire at Napier wreckers
A car fire at an Onekawa wreckers spread to the shed surrounding it.
Fire at Māngere Bridge funeral parlour
Four people were seen running away from the area after a suspicious fire broke out at Just Funerals, Māngere Bridge. Video / NZ Herald / Cameron Pitney
Smoke from cabin fire forces NorthTec students out of classroom
A female occupant was checked for smoke inhalation after the fire.
Funeral home fire linked to family fight over Mongrel Mobster's body
Four people were seen running from the area around the home last night.
Armed police outside Auckland funeral home following blaze
Scene guards remain in place while an examination of the damage was under way.
Police Investigate Fire at South Auckland Funeral Directors
Fire and Emergency crews from South Auckland stations have attended an unexplained fire at a Funeral home in Mangere overnight. Video / NZ Herald
Watch: Tears as destruction at fire-ravaged recycling plant revealed
The plant was destroyed in massive blaze that sent toxic smoke across North Shore suburbs.
Watch: Footage reveals the destruction caused by fire at the Abilities Group recycling plant
North Shore residents have had their first glimpse of the devastation caused by the recent fire at the Abilities Group recycling plant on Hill Rd. Video / NZ Herald
Watch: Firefighters trapped above North Shore blaze were engulfed in smoke with 'no escape'
It would have been like being stuck above 'a mini-volcano about to erupt'.