Fires

Firefighters spent more than five hours at a house fire in the Dunedin suburb of Musselburgh yesterday morning.

Firefighters were at the scene of a blaze yesterday which rendered this Mosgiel state house uninhabitable.

A furniture removal trailer and its contents were destroyed in a suspected arson attack in North Dunedin early yesterday.

A Dunedin City Station firefighter leaves the Thai Over Restaurant in George St after a kitchen fire was discovered at 7.30pm yesterday.

A taxi driver arrived home last night to find his home engulfed in flames.

Police are investigating what appears to be a suspicious fire in the Dunedin suburb of Mornington after a house was badly damaged early on Saturday.

A fire which destroyed an Otago Peninsula home has prompted a warning for those who burn incense.

Police are investigating a suspicious fire that destroyed this Dunedin house early yesterday.

A sleeping teenager was rescued by a friend after a fire which forced guests and staff to flee broke out in a major Dunedin hotel last night.

Wanaka residents described a potentially disastrous vegetation fire early yesterday as "absolutely terrifying" and "frighteningly close" after up to 50 firefighters from the district's combined fire brigades saved several homes from the blaze.

Alexandra and Clyde volunteer firefighters were called to two separate fires within 20 minutes on Saturday afternoon, both sparking into life after embers from earlier fires re-ignited.

Conditions are dry in the Upper Clutha region, causing concerns for farmers and rural firefighters as they continue to battle accidental vegetation blazes.

Dozens of firefighters converged on the Department of Conservation's Craig Burn reserve beside Lake Hawea and Glen Dene Station late yesterday afternoon to battle a big rural burn.