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Arson attempt leads to prison sentence

"Did the logs go up?" asked Sheree Paul when police questioned her about an attempt to set her neighbour's fence on fire. Paul was

Omaha house badly damaged by fire

Fire rips through Omaha house.

Man's foot blown off after explosion

A 19-year-old man suffered a serious injury to his left foot in Central Park as he stepped on something that caused an explosion.

'It's all wrecked now. There's nothing left'

Semi Tonga says his home has been gutted by the fire but he's just thankful no one was hurt because almost everyone was out at church.

Watch: Dramatic footage of car on fire in Dunedin

Footage of fire fighters battling a car fire overnight in Dunedin has emerged. Video source: Southern Stringers

Watch: Dramatic footage of car fire

Footage of fire fighters battling a car fire overnight in Dunedin has emerged.

Fire crews battle Turangi house blaze

Firefighters are at the scene of a significant house fire in Turangi which they have been battling since 3.50pm today.

Family lucky to escape house fire in Westport

Eleven-year-old Elli McLaughlan says smoke alarms save lives after a fire started by an electric blanket on her bed gutted her family's home in Westport yesterday.

Watch: Paper rises from the ashes

Flames swept through the house on McKinstry Ave, Mangere, where Cathylyn Palaa lived with her brother and his wife and six children - one of about 3200 house fires every year. The house was destroyed and some of its remains are now mixed in with these words.

House fire in Ellerslie

Fire crews are in attendance at a house fire in the Auckland suburb of Ellerslie.

Firefighter treated for smoke inhalation at Ohakune

A firefighter has been treated for smoke inhalation after a suspicious blaze at an unoccupied Ohakune property early this morning.

Six treated for smoke inhalation after house fire

Six people were treated for smoke inhalation after a house fire in Christchurch overnight.

Elderly neighbour saved from house fire

Two next-door neighbours generations apart had an unusual introduction when one pulled the other from a house fire in Tokoroa.

Child saves baby from house fire

A child managed to save a baby sibling, who was sleeping in an upstairs bedroom, from a house fire in Auckland today.

Two burnt in shed fire

Two people suffered serious burns in a shed fire in Christchurch last night.

Fire crews called to blaze in central Wellington

Firefighters have been called to a blaze at the Grant Thornton House in downtown Wellington this morning.