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Emergency services are responding to a fire in a central Auckland apartment this afternoon. Video / Dean Purcell

A large industrial fire has broken out in Christchurch's Bromley.

Forty-five firefighters were called to an office block on fire on Ra Ora Drive, East Tamaki. Video / NZ Herald

Black smoke was seen belching across the Auckland sky from a fire in an industrial area. Video / Dean Purcell

A firebug torched a car, tried setting fire to more, on a shared driveway on Kawau Rd about 1.30 last Monday morning. Police are trying to identify and find the culprit.

Police are investigating a suspicious house fire that has evidence suggesting the cultivation of cannabis is taking place. Video / NZ Herald

Emergency services at Mountfort Park in the South Auckland suburb of Weymouth after one person died in a motorcycle incident on February 18, 2025. Video / NZ Herald

Emergency services attended a building fire in Wellington City. Video / NZ Herald

Residents are urged to avoid the area as crews work to contain the fire.

'You would never be able to build another home like for like.'

Around 1:45 pm Saturday fire started from inside a cabin situated on the property of a Cockle Bay property East Auckland. Video / Dougal Laing

Douglas Dance, 84, has been connected to the cinema and hall since he was just 13.

The town hall was home to the world's longest-running cinema.

The fire started with embers falling from the fireplace, but there were no smoke alarms.

Fire and Emergency NZ district manager Wipari Henwood speaks to the public following the Mangawhai disaster overnight. Video / NZ Herald

Fire crews have contained a large blaze that broke out on Mangere Mountain last night. Video / NZ Herald

Firefighters from five stations scrambled to the blaze on the outskirts of Inglewood about 5.30pm. Video / Hamish Hemi

Firefighters were called to a large fire overnight at the former Centrepoint commune in the Auckland suburb of Albany. Video / NZ Herald

Firefighters have extinguished a fire at a derelict building in Point Chevalier. Video / NZ Herald

The funeral for Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming is in Nelson today and California remains under critical fire threat. Video / NZ Herald, AFP

A blaze has destroyed a bach on Nelson’s Boulder Bank. Video / Tim Cuff

Los Angeles is still under seige from flames as our own Coromandel begins to catch alight in the heat. The NZ Police are being kept very busy with investigations; and AI.

A fire is burning on Black Jack Rd in the Coromandel. Video / Katie Dee

Wildfires continue to burn across Los Angeles and firefighters continue to battle scrub fire east of Whangārei. Video / NZ Herald

A sinkhole has appeared in St Mary's Bay, revealing old brickwork beneath the road. Video / M. Video / Michael Craig

As of 3.45pm four fire trucks and 3 helicopters were on site.

The hillside near a home has been charred and multiple fire appliances are on site. Video / Karina Cooper

John Oliver has served with the Ōtāne Volunteer Fire Brigade for more than 50 years.

Emergency services are attending the scene of a fatal house fire on Dickson Crescent in the suburb of Hornby at 12:55 PM. Video / George Heard