10.25am: A resident who lives near the orchard where fire fighters are battling a large blaze has described hearing massive explosion which rattled her house.
Fire fighters are still battling a fire on Bonny Dale Lane in Paengaroa which started in an iron-clad storage shed and spread to a nearby shelter belt.
Ashleah Smythe and her husband live in a small house near the orchard where the fire broke out.
She was alerted to the fire when she heard loud popping sounds followed by a massive explosion, the force of which caused her house to vibrate.
She rushed outside to see what was going on and saw smoke billowing into the air and fire fighters racing around.