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Fire and Emergency tried to sack firefighter for pooling allowances to buy groceries for team meals

Employment Relations Authority found Fire and Emergency breached employee's privacy.

Fourteen children arrested in UK following teenage boy's death

Eleven boys and three girls were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter following a fire.

Watch: Fire rips through Mt Roskill house

Neighbours heard explosions as a fire ripped through a Mt Roskill house. Video / supplied

12 fire crews battle house blaze in Queenstown

Helicopters were earlier placed on standby.

'Big bang': Tourist recalls moment he escaped house bus fire that killed his wife

Jirong Wang was found dead inside the bus; Airbnb owner 'deeply shaken'.

Two people charged with arson after Hamilton fire

A man, 46, and woman, 39, are due to appear in court next week.

'It was everything to them': Auckland recycling plant fire leaves employees' future up in the air

The blaze left almost 120 employees without a place to work.

Police investigate South Auckland funeral home fire as arson

Officers say they have not yet linked the fire to a dispute over a Mongrel Mobster's body.

One seriously injured after fire at Napier wreckers

A car fire at an Onekawa wreckers spread to the shed surrounding it.

Firefighters in broken-down truck trapped in smoke cloud

Two firefighters had to be rescued last night after their aerial unit broke down, stranding them above the flames in a cloud of heavy smoke.

Recycling plant seeks community support after huge fire

A Givealittle page has been set up to support recovery efforts after the Glenfield blaze.

'Strong rubber smell': Evacuation sign after Auckland mall fire

Shoppers smelled smoke in the food court, but no fire alarm sounded.

Fire truck breakdown left firefighters trapped in basket above North Shore blaze

The union said the 'last resort' failed when a manual lever broke in a firefighter's hand.

Two recycling workers tried to put out North Shore blaze until it 'exploded'

It's believed the fire was likely caused by lithium batteries.

Watch: Thick black smoke and flames pours into North Shore sky

Helicopter crews film thick flames and black smoke from a Wairau Valley business on Auckland's North Shore.

'Things went boom': Giant fireball, projectiles as North Shore blaze erupts

Resident near fire says 'smell of the smoke is awful'.

Firefighters are tackling a large fire in Wairau Valley.

Firefighters are responding to a significant fire at a commercial warehouse in Wairau Valley. Video / Dean Purcell / Inflite / Caleb Timms / Supplied

Boat on fire off Coromandel coast

Emergency services respond to vessel fire off Coromandel coast; one person rescued.