Dairy giant Fonterra has been given permission to sue the owners of the Tamahere coolstore that exploded in 2008 for $25m worth of cheese that it lost in the blaze. The blast killed one firefighter and injured seven others.

Terry Jenner feared the worst upon hearing of a suspicious fire in Papakura yesterday.

Fire safety officers are disturbed by what appears to be a growing trend in toddlers starting fires by playing with matches and lighters.

Fire crews battling a scrub fire have evacuated residents at Mangatoetoe.

An 11-year-old boy received serious burns after petrol from a lawnmower exploded in the sleepout where he and a teenager were sleeping.

Owners of a prized race car used in a NZ film are said to be devastated after the vehicle was destroyed by fire.

The Ministry of Education has stepped in make sure an Auckland primary school, torched by arsonists on Friday, can reopen on time.

A clean-up began yesterday at a primary school left in ruins after a fire swept through a third of its buildings on Friday.

A blaze which "totalled" a block at Auckland's Glendowie Primary School is being investigated as an arson.

A summer boating holiday ended yesterday in a cloud of black smoke and two burned-out shells on the side of the road.

Much of an Auckland primary school was in ruins last night after an intense blaze which created a vast plume of smoke visible from many parts of the city.