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An Adelaide family has been left devastated after a fire tore through their northern suburbs warehouse and factory.

More than a decade of work went up in flames, as firefighters swarmed Trigg Street, Blair Athol in the city's northern suburbs just before 6.30pm last night.

Dozens of nearby residents gathered as one explosion after another shook the street.

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Among those watching on in shock was the businesses owner, who had been inside just half an hour earlier.

"He would have gone to try to extinguish that small fire but in minutes it could have turned big and he would have been trapped inside," the owner's brother-in-law, Rajesh Kumar, said.

Fire crews attacked the flames from the ground and in the air but their efforts were hampered by a heavy fuel load and other hidden dangers within the building.

In the light of day, the extent of the damage became clear: nothing left of Vita Foods, which imports goods from India and supplies retailers around the country.

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Mr Kumar said this was "such a big loss".

"It is all gone… within hours everything has collapsed," he said.

The business had been operating in the area for 13 years.

The owner will need to rebuild from the ground up, with the damage bill estimated at more than a million dollars.

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However, it is not just the building and everything inside that has been destroyed.

With no factory or stock, the owner says he can't operate and will lose revenue.

He is asking his customers to stand by him until he can rebuild.

"The financial impact is there but the mental trauma is the biggest," Mr Kumar said.

"I think it'll take ages for us to recover from that mental trauma."

Fire investigators have deemed the blaze accidental and possibly linked to an electrical fault.

A man has been charged after seven puppies were stolen from a family home in Adelaide.

The home on Lyle Street, Morphett Vale, was broken into and seven Staffordshire-cross-Pitbull puppies were stolen along with other belongings sometime between 4pm on April 13 and 5pm on April 14.

Police launched an investigation into the incident to try to retrieve the young dogs.

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A home at Christies Beach was searched early this morning and two of the puppies were found.

A third puppy was handed into the local police station at about 4pm and returned to the owner.

A 37-year-old man was arrested and charged with serious criminal trespass and theft.

He was bailed and will appear at court next month.

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Police are still searching for the other four puppies.

Anyone with information is urged to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

A truck driver has been hit with two fines after their vehicle caught fire, forcing the closure of the Bulli Pass near Wollongong.

Police penalised the driver for having an expired licence and breaching the load mass limits applicable to the road, south of Sydney.

Emergency services extinguished the fire just before 3.30pm today.

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The driver managed to get out of the truck and was not injured.

The road has since re-opened to light vehicles with a reduced speed limit of 40km/h.

A 50-year-old man has died following a plane crash in the Western Australian town of Kununurra.

Police said the crash occurred as the pilot attempted to land the plane at East Kimberley Regional Airport.

The passenger became unresponsive while his evacuation from the scene was being organised.

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Despite the efforts of emergency personnel at the scene, he was unable to be revived and later died.

The pilot, a 29-year-old man, sustained serious injuries from the crash, including burns.

A Royal Flying Doctor Service plane landed in Kununurra and it is expected the man will be flown to Darwin for further treatment.

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The plane involved in the crash was a Beechcraft Baron 58, which was being used for commercial purposes.

The cause of the crash is being investigated.

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