Drugs were allegedly found in the vicinity of a fire in an industrial unit on Burrows St today. A police spokeswoman told the Bay

Neighbours kicked in the door and broke windows of a burning house to check if anyone was inside.

A 49-year-old man faces six methamphetamine charges after a fire in Milford on Auckland's North Shore yesterday.

A baby has been injured in a large house fire in West Auckland this morning.

A commercial fishing vessel is at the centre of a gas leak in Tauranga this morning.

One man said he was driving along Beach Road in Milford when the ground shook, and a building exploded.

A blaze which killed a man at a block of flats in Invercargill does not appear to be suspicious, a Fire Service authority says.

A fire has affected the Maniototo Arts Centre in Ranfurly this morning.

A person screamed for sleeping residents to flee their homes as fire raced through a block of Invercargill flats early today.

Investigators of the huge blaze which destroyed a near century-old family business say they are unable to pinpoint the cause of the

A south Auckland home was set alight by a lightning bolt during yesterday's violent thunderstorms.

A two-storey home on the Kapiti Coast has been severely damaged in an early morning blaze.

A woman whose home was destroyed by fire at the weekend said she had been receiving threats. Donna Moon lost all her possessions

Masked intruders are being investigated by police in relation to two separate incidents.

Firefighters have been called to a house fire in Papatoetoe, South Auckland.

One person was transported to hospital after an Invercargill house was engulfed by fire this evening.

In the second fiery incident involving a plane at a United States airport, a FedEx plane caught fire today at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

An investigator has been called in to determine if a house fire in Southland is suspicious.

An unstable and fire-damaged wall is impeding an investigation into the blaze of a Hamilton tyre shop which was gutted by fire.

Hamilton firefighters are being hosed down due to concerns of an asbestos risk with a massive blaze at a tyre shop.

A fire broke out at 2am at the Heinz Watties plant in Hastings this morning.

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

A woman jumped from a burning flat in Dunedin earlier today.

Authorities believe the dog tried to protect the boy.

Details of a house fire in Onehunga where a 6-year-old girl perished and her six siblings survived have been revealed by the Coroner.

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

Passengers who try to carry Samsung Note 7 smartphones on flights will have them confiscated and may face fines in the US.

Qantas and Jetstar have followed suit from other airlines, banning the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 devices from its aircraft.

Air New Zealand is banning Samsung Galaxy Note 7 devices from its aircraft.

The Fire Service is looking at what the conviction of a firefighter on the way to an emergency means for the future.