Huge fire not far from me, really bad....

[Catty1]

Prayers for the dead fireman - those people go into incredible situations to save lives, and often lose their own.

Condolences to his family...and prayers that the others recover fully, and that they are pain-free while they heal.

[carole]

I saw the media coverage last night, it was upsetting, this is the biggest fire in NZ's history, i watched the fire chief talking last night about the dead fireman, he was choking back the tears, i was crying with him, it was just awful, i saw the horrific burns on two of the fireman,they were terrible,one is still critical, and the others are stable but still serious.apparently the firetruck drove in and the explosion happened, nothing left of the firetruck,one of the fireman got burns to his hands and gave CPR to his mate, but it was too late,the whole community is in shock, it is just such a tragic situation, just terrible.