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Fatal fire: Elderly artist’s remains found beside favourite chair

The fire started with embers falling from the fireplace, but there were no smoke alarms.

Fire and Emergency NZ speak out on the Mangawhai disaster

Fire and Emergency NZ district manager Wipari Henwood speaks to the public following the Mangawhai disaster overnight. Video / NZ Herald

Watch: Firefighters battling large blaze on Mangere Mountain overnight.

Fire crews have contained a large blaze that broke out on Mangere Mountain last night. Video / NZ Herald

'It's escalated': Fire tears through house in rural Taranaki

Firefighters from five stations scrambled to the blaze on the outskirts of Inglewood about 5.30pm. Video / Hamish Hemi

Large fire at former Centrepoint commune in Albany, Auckland

Firefighters were called to a large fire overnight at the former Centrepoint commune in the Auckland suburb of Albany. Video / NZ Herald

Derelict building up in flames, Point Chevalier

Firefighters have extinguished a fire at a derelict building in Point Chevalier. Video / NZ Herald

Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming's funeral and California’s fire threat continues | NZ Herald News Update

The funeral for Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming is in Nelson today and California remains under critical fire threat. Video / NZ Herald, AFP

Fire destroys bach

A blaze has destroyed a bach on Nelson’s Boulder Bank. Video / Tim Cuff

LA still on fire, Coromandel burning and the police continue investigations | NZ Herald News Update

Los Angeles is still under seige from flames as our own Coromandel begins to catch alight in the heat. The NZ Police are being kept very busy with investigations; and AI.

Bridge Hill fire in Canterbury gives a sense of the scale of the blaze

Canterbury Fire and Emergency has reported the fire, which is about 140 hectares in size, is near Bridge Hill, Canterbury. Video / Canterbury Fire and Emergency

House fire in Ngāruawāhia, emergency services on scene

"One patient was assessed at the scene as being in a minor condition."

Dad describes evacuation as 'intense' wildfire threatened homes

Firefighters remain at the scene two days later dealing with flare-ups.

'Flare up at 1am': Ten properties evacuated due to shelter belt fire

Crews are monitoring and mopping up hot spots this morning.

Firefighters working overnight to extinguish 'massive fire' in Bay of Plenty

Residents were forced from their homes due to the fire.

Large scrub fire rages in Te Puna

Residents are being evacuated from homes at risk from a scrub fire near Te Puna in Western Bay of Plenty.Video / Chelsea Norman

Seventy firefighters battled a large blaze at a Kumeū battery recycling facility last night.

Seventy firefighters from across Auckland battled a large blaze at a battery recycling facility in Kumeū, north of the city, last night. Video / NZ Herald

Fire crews battle house blaze in Glen Eden

At its height, four fire appliances battled the "well involved" blaze which sent plumes of smoke across the city. Video / Phil Glen

One dead after car flips, snaps power pole, cuts electricity to Hauraki, North Shore

Four people were injured in the crash that knocked out power to surrounding houses. Video / NZ Herald