Costco Auckland evacuated: Oil fryer fire at megastore contained by suppression system, no injuries reported

Costco Westgate was evacuated after a kitchen fire. Photo / Supplied

Costco has been evacuated after a kitchen fire.

Fire and Emergency NZ were alerted to the incident about 5pm after the fire alarm was activated at the Westgate store and a 111 call reporting a kitchen fire.

A spokesperson for Fire and Emergency said the fire was caused by an oil fryer, but the internal fire suppression system activated and caused sprinklers to contain the blaze.

The spokesperson said there was some flooding in the kitchen as a result of this and responding units were investigating to see if it had spread, but there weren’t any calls to escalate the incident.

Two fire trucks were in attendance and police said they were not aware of the incident.

The Fire and Emergency spokesperson said Costco would follow its own procedures for evacuating people from the store.

No one appears to have been hurt and comments online suggest Costco is selling hotdogs, but other food might not be available.