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On 16 May 2023, a fire broke out at the 92-bed Loafers Lodge in Newtown, Wellington, New Zealand. Five people were killed, and twenty others injured. [1] On 18 May 2023, a man, whose identity is still suppressed, was arrested. [2] He was charged with arson and murder.
The National Rural Fire Authority (Māori: Te mana ahi manaha o te motu) was a firefighting organisation in New Zealand from 1977 to 2017. It was responsible for overseeing the control of wildfires across the country by coordinating the activities of local Rural Fire Authorities.
The 2024 Port Hills fire was a wildfire in Christchurch, New Zealand. The fire started at around 2:15 pm NZDT on 14 February 2024 on Worsleys Road. It is close to the location of one of the fires that started on 13 February 2017 which developed into the 2017 Port Hills fires .
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New Zealand police said Thursday they had arrested a man and charged him with two counts of arson in connection with the fire at a Wellington hostel that killed at least six people. Police said ...
Also, with 22 helicopters involved, it is New Zealand's largest aerial firefight on record. [6] The fire caused 3,000 people from Wakefield and hundreds from surrounding areas to evacuate their homes and destroyed one house. [7] [8] On 17 February, a helicopter crashed while fighting the fire in Tasman district, injuring the pilot. [9]
The commission noted that the 30 minutes between the first call to the fire brigade and the point of flashover would have been enough time to evacuate everyone in the building without injury. [citation needed] Recommendations were made for changes in fire prevention and firefighting for all of New Zealand. Urgent changes were recommended for ...
Just after 1:00PM on Tuesday 22 October 2019, construction workers began to evacuate the building site of the New Zealand International Convention Centre. Approximately 100 workers were on site at the time. [9] Fire and Emergency New Zealand were alerted to the fire via a 111 call at 1:09:37PM. The first fire appliance arrived on the scene at 1 ...