A fire at the former Massey University campus in Albany has destroyed a building. Photo / NZ Herald
A fire at the former Massey University campus in Albany has destroyed a building. Photo / NZ Herald
A commercial building in Auckland has been destroyed by fire despite the efforts of dozens of firefighters.
Fire and Emergency were alerted just before 10pm to the fire in a building understood to be on the former Massey University campus in Albany.
They received multiple calls from the public aboutthe blaze, Fire and Emergency Northern Communications’ shift manager Paul Radden said this morning. The 20m x 20m commercial property was well alight when crews arrived, he said.
Firefighters at the scene of a fire in a building on the former Massey University campus in Albany, Auckland. Photo / NZ Herald
Eleven trucks were sent to put out the fire, with Fire and Emergency leaving the scene at 1.30am.
A Herald photographer said police and fire service operational support staff were at the scene, with a specialist hose layer laying hose from nearby hydrants to support the pumps inside the fire ground.
Among multiple tankers called in for water supply were units from Silverdale and RNZAF Whenuapai, the photographer said.
Dozens of firefighters were called to help put out the fire in a building at the former Massey University campus in Albany. Photo / NZ Herald
The cause of the fire is not yet known, with a fire investigator expected to visit the scene today, Radden said.
