Firefighters battle the blaze at the MG Marketing building in Mt Wellington. Video / Dean Purcell

Two patients were taken to hospital for smoke inhalation following the fire. Video / NZ Herald

Crews were filmed battling the blaze on State Highway 1 North of Kaikoura. Video / Tess Ritchie

Two people are dead and a third injured after a house fire in Coatesville Tuesday morning. Video / Brett Phibbs

Residents in parts of Christchurch are being told to stay indoors due to a large fire. Video / George Heard

Firefighters battle big house fire in Rotorua overnight. Video / Supplied

Fire and Emergency New Zealand CEO Kerry Gregory called on staff to uphold their values and call out bad behaviour in the organisation. Video / Fire and Emergency New Zealand

Emergency services were called to the crash shortly after 9.15pm.

Crews from around the region poured in to try to save the firefighter's home.

Crews from seven fire stations across the region have rushed to fight the fire.

Fire crews are fighting the blaze from above with a truck with a raised ladder.

Institutional investors from here and Australia meet SkyCity chief on Thursday.

The blaze is visible across the city with huge plumes of black smoke.

Focus: Two people treated for smoke inhalation in Queenstown house fire. Video / James Allen

Fire crews tackle classroom fire at Pakuranga Heights School the night before Term 2.

Fire has broken out in a church in Mt Eden. Fire crews early this evening were responding to a large fire at a church in Auckland's Mt Eden.

But fire investigators ruled out foul play, finding blaze could be due to cigarette.

A body was found by firefighters tackling a blaze at a property in Papakura-Clevedon Road, South Auckland. / Brett Phibbs

Fire fighter, Josh Harrison, holds the title of fastest firefighter in Sky Tower challenge for seven consecutive years and this year going for eight. / Greg Bowker

Rescue teams worked frantically to free the trapped people.

Senior Station officer Gary Lane gives interview regarding the fire in Mt Eden.

A house was on fire on Clinkard Avenue in Rotorua on the evening of the 27th of February, 2018.

incredible footage of the raging fire at Molten Metals this morning. Source: Melissa Davis

Fire crews battle huge blaze at scrap metal yard. Source: Glen Easton and Karla Karaitiana

The New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules flew over the Chathams bushfire to help the Fire Emergency services map the scale of the blaze. This shows some of what they've been dealing with. Source: Twitter / @NZDefenceForce

Aerial photographs taken by the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) show the scale and spread of a bushfire that is threatening nature reserves in the Chatham Islands.

A seagull has been rescued by the New Zealand Fire Service at NZME Headquarters in Auckland. Credit: Doug Sherring

Eva De Pelsemaeker is reunited with her adventurous huntaway Bowie after a rabbit led him over a cliff in Dunedin. Credit: Gregor Richardson

Smoke billows out from Sky City Casino while Fire Trucks gather around the base of the building.