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.
Fires
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
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
Dunedin has a new export - couch fires.
Two properties damaged by fires; owner praised
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
Officers home in on origin of blaze
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
Queenstown blaze under control