Nine quad bikes have been destroyed in a suspicious blaze overnight.

The man whose body was found in a burnt out unit in Christchurch last week has been named.

An Auckland family plans to make a fire-gutted Grey Lynn villa their home after purchasing it at auction.

A workshop at the historic Keirunga Gardens in Havelock North has been seriously damaged by fire.

A sow breaking free from her burning pen alerted her owner to the fire catching onto the side of his house. The fire started in an

Firefighters are at the scene of a large fire at an Invercargill business early this morning.

Queenstown firefighters have put out the flames at a house which caught alight in the early hours of this morning.

Five people had to be treated for smoke inhalation after a pot being used to sterilise baby bottles was left on the stove.

A character villa gutted by fire is on the market - with suggestions the 1900s classic could be saved.

The body was found by police and fire investigators while examining the scene of a fire that happened in the early hours at a Rutherford St address in Woolston.

A blazing wheelie bin, exploding spaghetti, and a hunt for the culprit through the dark streets of Whanganui made for an eventful

The large blaze is on a steep hillside off Aropaoanui Road, north of Napier.

There has been a serious house fire near Christchurch this afternoon, but no one is hurt.

A car burnt out in Dunedin is added to a police investigation, into a recent string of car fires.

Fire safety officers investigating the cause of a large fire in a two-storey block of flats in Christchurch this morning.

Fire chief calls today's death "real tragedy" but dismayed at lack of smoke alarms.

Another suspicious blaze has broken out in an abandoned apartment block in central Christchurch.

Two homes North Island homes damaged in overnight fires.

Unwatched pot bursts into flames but family safe after smoke alarm warning.

Hamiora Reihana is in a critical condition in hospital after the T-shirt he was wearing caught fire and he suffered burns to about 30 per cent of his body.

Firefighters are battling a "well-involved" house fire near Ngaruawahia.

Emergency crews are at a large house fire in Castor Bay in Auckland, tonight.

Two people are in hospital after their car crashed over a bank and burst into flames in Coromandel this morning. Police said the

An investigation starts at first light into the cause of a massive blaze in a derelict Christchurch building.

Fire crews are attending a large fire in central Christchurch early this evening.

Get nervous flying? Then perhaps you should not look when this precision DC-10 pilot drops fire retardant on a California wildfire.

Smoke alarms have saved a Wainuiomata family from a house fire.

A rogue baggage trolley set off sprinklers and triggered fire alarms at Wellington Airport this evening.

Samsung says it has apologised to an Otaki mother who lost a load of baby clothes after her recalled washing machine burst into flames.

A Housing NZ house has been destroyed by fire and a young woman taken to hospital suffering burns.