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Video footage has emerged of a car fire on the Southwestern motorway in Auckland this morning. The video shows the car engulfed in flames just south of the Waterview Tunnel. One passing motorist told the Herald when they turned a corner on the road they were met with a “wall of grey haze” just before 8am. The motorist, who was
» Read moreAn elephant has died after being set on fire and suffering horrific burns. Villagers chucked a burning piece of tyre at the 40-year-old animal in a bid to scare it away in India. But it got stuck on its ear which caused the creature to run away in "total agony", local media reported. Shocking footage shows the male elephant set
» Read moreA new photo taken at the site of a massive fire in South Auckland shows a glimpse of the extent of the damage caused by the flames. The image shows piles of blackened debris surrounding a lone fire truck – one of several called to the scene at Hunua Rd, Papakura, yesterday morning. The photo, featuring an aerial appliance from
» Read moreJay Cutler had an interesting drinking buddy over Thanksgiving weekend — the former quarterback hung out with Shannon Ford, who his estranged wife, Kristin Cavallari, memorably fired on Very Cavallari. Kristin Cavallari and Jay Cutler’s Sweetest Moments With Their 3 Kids: Family Album “Oysters and wine,” Cutler, 37, captioned an Instagram video on Saturday, November 28, that showed him clinking
» Read moreThe Daily Star’s FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inbox A huge fire has been reported in Dorset in the south of England – with reports of a loud bang being heard ahead of the appearance of huge billowing clouds of smoke. Thick, black smoke was visible from Chickerell Road in Weymouth
» Read moreThe Daily Star’s FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inbox An evil thug who set a woman’s face on fire at her doorstep will stay in prison after a campaign by his victim. Brave former model Anne Crossan, scarred for life in the horrific attack, had written to the Parole Board demanding
» Read moreThe Daily Star’s FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inbox Firefighters have rushed to a house fire in a bid to recover a person reportedly trapped. Around 25 firefighters scrambled to the scene after a blaze broke out in the early hours of this morning, Thursday. Emergency services rushed to Shalford Close
» Read moreA woman who has faced death five times since her neck and breasts melted after a gas explosion says "the accident has made her stronger." The burns survivor was set alight after a gas can burst in her back garden as she tried to relight an ember from a fire. Emilie Yeiser, 36, was the victim of the horrific ordeal
» Read moreA woman has died after pouring petrol over her head and setting herself ablaze on a garage forecourt near Portsmouth. The 53-year-old who has not been named by police suffered fatal injuries on Sunday morning at a BP filling station in Cosham, Hampshire after stepping out of a taxi and reaching for a pump. Good Samaritans sprinted to put out
» Read moreAs many as 60,000 people are being forced to flee their homes as a fast-moving brush fire raged through a large swath of Southern California early Monday, according to officials and news reports. The Silverado Fire flared up around 6:45 a.m. local time near the city of Irvine and has burned through 2,000 acres (3 square miles), prompting officials to
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