Mt Allan blaze spreads
Mt Allan blaze spreads
Firefighters are expected to continue working through Christmas to control a blaze which covers about 95 hectares of forestry on Mt Allan.
Fires
Sprinkler saves historic department store
Sprinkler saves historic department store
One of the country's oldest department stores escaped extensive damage when a sprinkler system activated and put out a fire which could have destroyed the building.
Controlled burn heads towards powerlines
Controlled burn heads towards powerlines
Scrub clearing contractors where given a fright yesterday morning when a controlled and permitted burn-off of gorse near Portobello got out of control.
Future of cafe building uncertain following fire
Future of cafe building uncertain following fire
Builders are still investigating the extent of damage at the Creek Cafe and Bar in Dunmore St, following a large kitchen fire on Saturday, and the fate of the building is not yet clear.
Hero still hears child's screams
Hero still hears child's screams
A Palmerston North man given an award for bravery for rescuing a woman from a Foxton house fire last year is still haunted by the cries of her daughter, who died in the blaze.
4 die in fire at South African blind school
4 die in fire at South African blind school
An education official in South Africa says four boys as young as 8 at a school for the blind died in a locked dormitory room after a fire.
Couch fires exported
Couch fires exported
Dunedin has a new export - couch fires.
Two properties damaged by fires; owner praised
Two properties damaged by fires; owner praised
House fires in Kelvin Heights and Hallenstein St kept the Queenstown Volunteer Fire Brigade busy yesterday.
Drizzle helps to dampen hot spots
Drizzle helps to dampen hot spots
Rural firefighters spent the day yesterday opening up hot spots at a gorse fire that got out of control on Scroggs Hill, near Dunedin, on Wednesday.
Brigades mobilise as wind whips fire out of control
Brigades mobilise as wind whips fire out of control
About 30 firefighters and volunteers from as far away as Otematata and Glenavy fought a fire covering about 3ha in plantation slash just east of the Hakataramea township yesterday afternoon.
Fire at dental school
Fire at dental school
Firefighters rush to put out a small fire on the first floor of the University of Otago Faculty of Dentistry building on Saturday at 1.30pm.
Officers home in on origin of blaze
Officers home in on origin of blaze
Department of Conservation (Doc) fire investigators have narrowed down the areas where the vegetation fire on Tuesday may have started and are gathering information from witnesses on the pattern and travel of the blaze.
Open mind on fire's cause
Open mind on fire's cause
Department of Conservation (Doc) fire investigators from Queenstown, Alexandra and Dunedin are keeping an open mind on the cause of the large vegetation fire near Queenstown that posed a potential risk to homes on Tuesday.
Queenstown blaze under control
Queenstown blaze under control
Evacuated residents have been allowed to return to their homes as firefighters bring a scrub fire near Queenstown under control.
Electric blanket warning after Dunedin bedroom blaze
Electric blanket warning after Dunedin bedroom blaze
The elderly owner of a Cochrane St, Dunedin, property was woken as a fire took hold in her great-grandchild's bedroom, southern region fire safety officer Stuart Ide said.
Tour of burned Somerville St house hits home
Tour of burned Somerville St house hits home
Seeing and smelling the aftermath of a vicious fire hits home more than just reading about it, Dunedin woman Trudy McBride said, as she toured the charred wreck of a Somerville St home on Saturday.
Tractor destroyed by fire
Tractor destroyed by fire
Firemen from the Balclutha Volunteer Fire Brigade extinguish the flames from a four-year-old Massey Ferguson tractor, which caught fire on Metherell's property Hillend Rd, South Otago, yesterday.
Causes of house fires still under investigation
Causes of house fires still under investigation
A fire safety investigator is still working through the causes of two accidental house fires in Dunedin in the past week.
Dream 'foretold fire in family's home'
Dream 'foretold fire in family's home'
The smell of smoke hung in the warm breeze on Somerville St, Dunedin, as Aloma Fakava remembered a dream that foretold her family's tragedy.
Kitchen fire clears resort restaurant
Kitchen fire clears resort restaurant
Queenstown firefighters had to postpone their visit to the annual Emergency Services Ball on Saturday night when a kitchen fire broke out at Botswana Butchery Restaurant.