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It remains the deadliest fire in New Zealand. Sprott House fire, 1969 – on 26 July 1969, a fire broke out at the Sprott House rest home in Karori, Wellington, killing seven of the 21 residents. As a result, the Fire Safety (Evacuation of Buildings) Regulations 1970 were made, making sprinklers, automatic alarms and evacuation schemes ...
In June 1994, the family lived at 65 Every Street, Andersons Bay, Dunedin. [4]: 4 The house was old and 'semi-derelict'. Photographs presented at the trial showed most of the rooms were squalid and messy with the family's belongings strewn in disorderly heaps. [4]
The Aramoana massacre was a mass shooting that occurred on 13 November 1990 in the small seaside township of Aramoana, northeast of Dunedin, New Zealand. [2] Resident David Gray [3] killed 13 people, including local police Sergeant Stewart Guthrie, one of the first responders to the reports of a shooting, after a verbal dispute between Gray and his next-door neighbour.
Collapsed while attending a house fire [6] Fireman Roland Beuth Auckland 2 April 1928 During a fire at the Winston Oil and Petrol Store petrol drums exploded and hurtled through the air, one landing close to Fireman Beuth's crew, engulfing them in flames. Fireman Beuth died the following day [6] Fireman A. C. Allan New Plymouth 24 September 1926
Sep. 17—LIMA — A house fire Monday around 3:40 p.m. at 1109 N. McCullough St. resulted in an estimated $20,000 in property damage and $5,000 to $7,000 in content loss, according to Lima ...
On 3 June 2015, a low weather system brought heavy rain to the coastal Otago Region particularly South Dunedin. [2] [3] South Dunedin experienced heavy flooding, which was exacerbated by the area's high water table and the breakdown of the Portobello pumping station. 1,200 homes and businesses were damaged by flood damage. [1]
1905 – Watson Street Lodging House fire in Glasgow, Scotland on November 19, killed 39. [6] 1908 – Rhoads Opera House fire, Boyertown, Pennsylvania, killed 170. [7] 1908 – Parker Building, New York City, January 10. 1908 – Collinwood school fire, in Collinwood, Ohio (soon absorbed by Cleveland), on March 4, killed 175.
Fire and Emergency New Zealand manages to contain the fire by 27 October. [84] [85] [86] 2024: Flooding: Haast, New Zealand and Franz Josef Glacier, Westland District: West Coast Region: On 9 November, Mayor of Westland Helen Lash declares a state of emergency in southern Westland after the region experienced 375 mm of rain in the past 24 hours ...