Caravan catches fire, destroying possessions
Caravan catches fire, destroying possessions
A Queenstown man was uninjured, but left with only the shirt and trousers he was wearing when his caravan caught fire early on Saturday.
Fires
Fire at college
Fire at college
Wanaka Fire Brigade members were called to extinguish a small fire in the boiler room of Mt Aspiring College yesterday morning.
Three fires in vehicles
Three fires in vehicles
Dunedin police are investigating two suspicious car fires in Dunedin at the weekend.
Luck on side of fire-threatened Dunedin family
Luck on side of fire-threatened Dunedin family
A young Ravensbourne family are counting their lucky stars after firefighters stopped a hedge fire as it came within moments of setting their wooden villa alight.
School fires highlight need for sprinklers - Fire Service
School fires highlight need for sprinklers - Fire Service
Kerikeri High School would have suffered significantly less fire damage from a blaze at the weekend and would have reopened today had a sprinkler system been installed, says a Fire Service commander.
Blaze destroys roof of Rolleston house
Blaze destroys roof of Rolleston house
A Canterbury house had its roof destroyed by a fire today.
Police suspect firebug after second Levin blaze
Police suspect firebug after second Levin blaze
Police suspect an arsonist has been targeting empty houses on a plot of land in Levin, following a second suspicious blaze last night.
Free electric blanket checks
Free electric blanket checks
If paying to have an electric blanket checked has been a financial barrier, then the New Zealand Fire Service is offering to do it free of charge.
Man loses everything in house fire
Man loses everything in house fire
Balclutha man Colin Melvin has lost everything in a fire which gutted his Cromer St house early on Saturday.
Woman wakes to smoke-filled house
Woman wakes to smoke-filled house
An early-morning fire in a Roxburgh house yesterday burned through the floor to the basement, only metres from a large stack of firewood.
BOP fire victim named
BOP fire victim named
Police have named an elderly man with restricted mobility who died after a house fire in the eastern Bay of Plenty this week.
Whangarei arson conviction quashed
Whangarei arson conviction quashed
A Whangarei man found guilty at a third trial of an arson attack at his former workplace has had his convictions quashed.
Six-year-old boy killed in fire named
Six-year-old boy killed in fire named
A six-year-old boy who died after a fire gutted his family home in Wanganui last night has been named.
Remote BOP fire victim had mobility problems
Remote BOP fire victim had mobility problems
An elderly man with restricted mobility is dead after a fatal house fire in the eastern Bay of Plenty yesterday.
Blazing fruit store, burgled tobacconist
Blazing fruit store, burgled tobacconist
Canvas town: homes of the men employed on the Catlins Railway construction works. - Otago Witness, 4.5.1910.
• At 4 o'clock yesterday morning a fire occurred at South Dunedin, by which two shops and a dwelling were practically gutted.
The alarm was given from near the Kensington overbridge, and the fire proved to be in a two-storeyed wooden building in King Edward Street.
Remote BOP fire claims one life
Remote BOP fire claims one life
One person is dead following a house fire in a remote settlement in the eastern Bay of Plenty this afternoon.
Woman wakes to smoke in hallway
Woman wakes to smoke in hallway
A Balclutha woman awoke to find her hallway filling with smoke yesterday after a hair-drier left plugged in in a bedroom caught fire.
Reward put up to help solve arson
Reward put up to help solve arson
The owners of a Dunedin industrial building and business destroyed in a suspicious fire more than a year ago are offering a $10,000 reward for the arsonist.
Suspects in arson series
Suspects in arson series
Alexandra police investigating the series of deliberately-lit fires in the town have received a couple of names of possible suspects.
Fires hold 'potential for disaster'
Fires hold 'potential for disaster'
Three suspicious fires in a pine forest during the past week all had the potential for disaster, Alexandra's chief fire officer Russell Anderson said.