A specialist fire investigator is being sent in, to find the cause of a house fire in Invercargill.

Witnesses have described desperate attempts to save the motorists involved in a fiery crash in Napier yesterday morning.

A car has burst into flames after crashing in Napier, leaving one person fighting for their life.

A man is in a critical condition in hospital after being rescued from a burning house in Taupo this morning.

Firefighters are praising a west Auckland woman who rushed into her neighbour's burning house and woke the sleeping occupants.

A massive fire broke out at a factory in the Auckland suburb of Penrose on Monday night.