Firefighters from across Auckland have contained a blaze at a two-storey commercial address on Patrick St in Onehunga overnight. Video / NZ Herald
Police are treating a fire in an engineering factory shop in Onehunga as suspicious after around 30 firefighters from across Auckland spent hours battling the flames overnight.
Auckland City CIB Detective Senior Sergeant Rebecca Kirk confirmed that a police investigation has been opened into the cause of the Patrick Stblaze.
“Initial enquiries suggest there are suspicious circumstances that require further investigation,” she said.
A cordon has been put in place while investigators conduct a scene examination today.
Firefighters from across Auckland have contained a blaze at a two-storey commercial address on Patrick St in Onehunga overnight. Photo / Hayden Woodward
Firefighters were first called to the fire at 2.14am. They arrived to find the upper floor of a two-storey building “well ablaze”, Fire and Emergency northern shift manager Lauren Sika said.
Seven fire crews as well as two support vehicles attended the scene, with two crews still on standby this morning, she said.
Firefighters from across Auckland have contained a blaze at a two-storey commercial address on Patrick St in Onehunga overnight. Photo / Hayden Woodward
Nobody was reported injured in the fire and no other buildings appeared to have been damaged.
