Author Archives: Porirua Fire Fighter

You’ve heard the urban myths about domestic appliances bursting into flames and consuming their owner’s houses – but a quick look at the facts shows that the real culprit is likely to be the humans who use them. Statistics from Fire & … Continue reading →

An investigation has been  launched into the cause of a late-night blaze that burnt-down a derelict part of a Porirua shopping centre. A fire investigator and a police photographer were going through the charred remains of the derelict commercial property … Continue reading →

The blaze caused “extensive damage” to the block on Mentor Lane, which sits behind the main Cannons Creek shops late on Sunday evening. Fire and Emergency New Zealand was alerted to the fire shortly after 11pm Sunday. More than 40 firefighters … Continue reading →

Unattended cooking could be responsible for a fire that “burnt out” a second-storey housing unit in Porirua. Fire and Emergency Services NZ were called to what started as a kitchen fire in a two-storey block of four, understood to belong to Housing NZ, along … Continue reading →

The man stood in borrowed shoes and yesterday’s clothes, and the woman sat wrapped in a blanket, crying, in a people-mover. About 100 metres away, close enough to catch the faint whiff of smoke still pouring out of it, was their home. Whatever else they lost, … Continue reading →

A Porirua family was sitting down to watch Shortland Street, but then they saw smoke pouring out of their neighbour’s garage. “We looked out the window and there was just smoke everywhere,” the neighbour, who asked not to be named, said. He … Continue reading →

A house fire broke out at Ascot Park in Porirua, north of Wellington, on Wednesday night. Thick black smoke has blanketed the area, and four fire crews were at the scene. A fire service spokesman said multiple calls were received … Continue reading →

Fresh out of firefighter training, Margaret Smith attended the “horrific” callout that would become the worst of her career. She had been a member of Porirua’s Volunteer Fire Brigade for two months when the crew were called to a house fire. … Continue reading →