Fires

A fire-damaged Mosgiel home is being opened to the public in an effort to educate residents about the dangers and effects of fire.

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.

The cause of Thursday's early morning vegetation fire on Mt Iron is still being investigated, but the Department of Conservation believes it was not deliberately lit.