Fire crews are the scene of a house fire in Westport this evening. A spokeswoman for the NZ Fire Service said they were called to

'When the pager went off I didn't read it properly and didn't realise the fire was at our station,' says firefighter.

Whanganui senior firefighter Tanja Grunwald is off to the World Firefighter Combat Challenge in the United States. Made with funding from NZ on Air

Seven suspicious fires have been lit across Wellington in a busy night for police and firefighters.

Emergency services were called to a street in the centre of Taupo after reports of an explosion.

Two fire engines put out a car fire in Palmerston North this evening.

A second fire truck has been deemed off limits by firefighters as union action against faulty vehicles goes nationwide.

A teenager has been taken to hospital after suffering burns while trying to start a fire using petrol.

Firefighters are battling a house fire in Hamilton after they were called to the property.

The Fire Service, St John, Surf Life Saving and the RSA have revealed plans for National Volunteer Week.

A Timaru toddler who fell 150cm through floorboards in the bathroom of his home is now back to normal after his extraordinary escapade yesterday.

Arcing powerlines have sparked a house fire in Warkworth this morning.

Firefighter Phil Glenn has special motivation for lugging 25kgs of gear up the country's tallest bulding for a sixth time - he's doing it for his mate Charlotte.

A massive fire that gutted a popular Hamilton restaurant was caused by a stack of hot tea towels spontaneously combusting.

Some of the heaviest objects our firefighters are lifting are obese people.

Fire Service spokesman Murray Dunbar said the fire was well alight when crews arrived.

Two staff members are at fault after the Fire Service was scammed out of $52,000.

The New Zealand Fire Service has reportedly lost about $50,000 in an offshore scam thought to involve something being bought from Turkey.

He battled up to 500C heat and 18m flames to save a house and, for his efforts, was transferred to hospital suffering from heat exhaustion.

A "lovely woman" who lived alone with a number of small dogs has died in a house fire in Ponsonby this morning.

Firefighters were called to a Papatotara Rd property in Tuatapere about 1am.

One dog is dead and one is missing, but their owner managed to escape a house fire safely.

Four fire crews are at the scene of a serious house fire in Maungaturoto.

Two policemen who saved a man from a burning flat are being hailed as lifesavers. One of the rescuers required hospital treatment for smoke inhalation.

One person is in hospital suffering from smoke inhalation from a house fire in Whanganui this morning.

A fire at a rural Waikato school is being treated as suspicious, the second arson of a school in the region in a week.

A blaze at a garage in Hamilton this morning has been deemed suspicious.

Firefighters have been battling a blaze at a multi-million dollar building in central Auckland this morning.

A suspicious fire at Hamilton East School is the second of its kind in a matter of years.