Firefighters at the scene of the office fire in Wellington. Photo / APNZ
Firefighters at the scene of the office fire in Wellington. Photo / APNZ
A fire which forced the evacuation of a central Wellington office building this morning is believed to have started in the same laundry room as another fire earlier this year.
Firefighters were called to the nine-storey Prime Property House on Woodward St, off Lambton Quay, after the fire broke outshortly after 8am.
Fire Service senior station officer Brett Lockyer said the fire was confined to a single room on the fourth floor.
It was believed to be have broken out in the same room as a fire in February this year.
The earlier fire, in the laundry room of a day spa, was thought to have been sparked by oily towels in a drier.