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One person died and another was injured in a Thursday morning fire in Dunedin. Dunedin Fire Rescue said the first call about the fire came in at 9:10 a.m. ... News. Need help? Call us! 800-290 ...
fire 18 Nov 1947: Christchurch: 40 + [13] [14] Great storm of 1868, flash floods and 12 shipwrecks storm 3 Feb 1868: Predominantly eastern areas of New Zealand Death toll likely understated as impact on many Māori unknown 37: Seacliff Lunatic Asylum: fire 8 Dec 1942: Seacliff: 34: Kaitangata Mine disaster: mine explosion 21 Feb 1879: Kaitangata
New Zealand's first volunteer fire brigade was established by Mr Asher Asher, a Jewish emigrant from London, in Auckland in 1854, with volunteer fire brigades established in Christchurch in 1860, Dunedin in 1861, and in Wellington in 1865. The Municipal Corporations Act 1867 allowed borough councils to establish fire brigades and appoint fire ...
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]
A house in Siesta Key, Florida caught fire in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene after a Tesla burst into flames in the garage. Video captures Tesla vehicle bursting into flames as Hurricane Helene ...
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 ...
Firefighters around Los Angeles were preparing on Tuesday to attack flare-ups or new blazes. A newly-issued Particularly Dangerous Situation Red Flag Warning for Southern California’s Los ...
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.