Firefighters face another day battling to bring the Tongariro National Park fire under control. The large fire on the Central Plateau broke out on Saturday, triggering evacuations of trampers and residents, including Whakapapa Village. Fire and Emergency’s latest update, issued last night, said the blaze was estimated to have burned about 2500ha, and was 20% contained. | nzherald.co.nz

San Francisco firefighters are currently responding to a two-alarm structure fire in the 1300 block of 47th Avenue. The call was received just after 6:00 AM on August 20, 2025. This fire affected three single-family residential homes. Firefighters were able to quickly extinguish the flames, and there were no injuries reported to anyone in the neighboring buildings. The fire originated in a three-story, balloon-frame constructed single-family home, which presented several challenges for firefight