Car fire at wreckers in Banks Street

A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.

Firefighters were called to Banks Street in the industrial subdivision yesterday morning in response to a car fire in a wreckers yard.

The call came in at around 9am.

“The fire was started by gas cutting gear which set fire to flammable materials in a wrecked car in the yard,” a senior firefighter said.

“We used breathing apparatus and a low pressure delivery to put it out, and that was done smartly.”

No one was injured in the incident.

A large cloud of black smoke from the fire attracted a big crowd of onlookers