A home has been destroyed by fire in a Gore overnight.

A person has suffered serious burns to their body in a house fire in Hastings last night.

An explosion in a crowded Manhattan neighborhood has left 29 people injured, and authorities said a second nearby site was also being investigated.

Two staff feared missing in a Christchurch blaze have been found, but firefighters are still facing a long night ahead.

Three people have been treated for smoke inhalation after an Auckland house fire.

Firefighters have extinguished a bus fire that closed the Sydney Harbour Bridge in peak hour, but traffic chaos is continuing.

Police are promising "new information" on the Police Ten 7 show tomorrow night about the disappearance of Levin man Palmira Macdonald.

A housebus and sand-blasting shed have been extensively damaged by fire in Marlborough.

Two helicopters called after a fire broke out in a private forest plantation in the Far North.

Three people were injured in a house fire on Auckland's North Shore overnight.

No one was injured when a truck caught fire on an Auckland motorway today, the fire service says.

A small fire by a parked Jetstar plane at Auckland airport sparked an emergency callout late this evening - but it appears to have been short-lived.

Fire safety officers will be returning the scene of a fire at an apartment block in Feilding today.

Helicopters have been called in to fight a large bush fire on the Big Ben range in Rakaia Gorge.

A fleet of firefighters are battling a blaze that has engulfed an Auckland home and threatens others.

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

Tenants of a Pukekohe arcade badly damaged by fire are arriving at the scene, devastated at their losses.

Police are seeking witnesses following three suspicious fires which burned down homes in the Eastern Bay of Plenty.

A fire has destroyed a Waiuku home this evening, though no one was injured in the blaze.

Fire crews are currently at the scene of a large house fire in Rotorua.

The Raetihi Bowling Club has been significantly damaged by fire - making it the fourth serious blaze in less than a week in the wider

A person has suffered burns in a building fire in Auckland today.

Athletes have been forced to evacuate the Olympic track as a large bushland burns close to the stadiums.

Fire crews and Fonterra staff are cleaning up after two hazardous cleaning agents spilled at a plant overnight.

A Timaru factory has been damaged after a heating unit used for plastics moulds caught fire.

Two people died and 34 were injured after a huge fire broke at a Maryland apartment complex forcing residents to toss children from upper floors.

Watch: More than 30 firefighters are attempting to put out a chimney fire at the Jack's Point Golf Course clubhouse, near Queenstown, this morning.

A mother killed by a faulty tumble dryer which a manufacturer had failed to recall - despite the model being responsible for 20 previous fires.

Thirteen people are dead and six injured after a fire tore through a crowded bar in the French city of Rouen.

Auckland firefighters refuse to use the city's main fire truck due to safety fears.