New ZealandOnly minor damage in Waikato Museum fireRelief after a fire at Hamilton's Waikato Museum caused only minor damage.01 Jun 07:09 PM
New ZealandBlaze at Waikato MuseumA specialist fire investigator has been called to investigate a blaze at the Waikato Museum in Hamilton this evening.01 Jun 09:32 AM
New ZealandGirl alerts dad to fireA 3-year-old Paengaroa girl saved her family from potential tragedy after she alerted her sleeping father to a fire that destroyed half of their rented home on Thursday night.30 May 10:22 PM
WorldFire ravages treasured art school buildingA blaze ripped through one of the world's top art schools yesterday, damaging a historic building designed by architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh.24 May 05:30 PM
New ZealandLightning razes historic homesteadA lightning strike caused a large fire which razed an historic homestead to the ground near Glenorchy this morning.23 May 05:05 AM
New ZealandCooking oil causes two firesCooking oil left burning on stoves has caused serious burns to an elderly lady and left a young family homeless in two separate house fires in Whangarei over the weekend.17 May 08:00 AM
New ZealandDeath on drilling rig unexplainedThe death of a 39-year-old at an onshore oil rig in Taranaki today remains unexplained.11 May 08:35 AM
New ZealandHomeowner injured putting out house fireA person suffered facial burns following a house fire in Wainoni, Christchurch, this morning.04 May 04:34 AM
New ZealandElderly woman rescued from apartment fireA 96-year-old woman had to be rescued from the 11th floor of a central Auckland apartment building yesterday when a large fire broke out.26 Apr 12:30 PM
New ZealandMan stumbles into bonfireA Riwaka man has been helicoptered to Hutt Hospital's specialist burns unit after falling into a bonfire in the early hours of this morning.25 Apr 11:50 PM
New ZealandFire consumes house in WanganuiFire crews are battling a house fire in Wanganui this morning.24 Apr 11:33 PM
New ZealandMan denies starting Wellington shed fireA 34-year-old man has been charged with arson over a huge fire that destroyed part of a Wellington storage facility.15 Apr 01:24 AM
World'This is the worst catastrophe I've seen'A huge fire has engulfed a Chilean port city registered as a World Heritage site for its historic collection of wooden buildings and railways.14 Apr 06:03 AM
WorldForest fires rage in Chile townA raging fire leaped from hilltop to hilltop in the colorful port city of Valparaiso, killing at 11 people and destroying over 500 homes.13 Apr 09:48 PM
New ZealandFirefighters battle Gore 'inferno''There's quite a lot of devastation in there'. It took more than 90 firefighters to bring a massive blaze in Gore under control at a commercial building.13 Apr 07:56 PM
WorldOfficial 'executed by flame-thrower'A North Korean official has been executed with a flame-thrower, South Korean media has reported.08 Apr 03:03 AM
New ZealandFire destroys North Shore flatsResidents in a block of four North Shore flats rushed to wake each other up after a fire ripped through their building last night.06 Apr 12:11 PM
