Forty firefighters battle crane fire at Port of Auckland, witness says large amount of smoke

Forty firefighters battled a crane fire at Port of Auckland last night, with a witness saying smoke was spewing over Auckland Central.

A Fire and Emergency NZ (Fenz) spokesperson told the Herald they were “responding to an incident” in Auckland Central tonight after receiving a call at 9.15pm.

About 10 fire crews and 40 firefighters were in attendance shortly after 10pm. The fire was extinguished just before midnight.

Fenz said a transformer was on fire.

Forty firefighters battled a small fire in a generator room on a crane at the Fergusson Container Terminal in the Ports of Auckland. Photo / Hayden Woodward.

One witness told the Herald it was like they’d seen every fire engine in Auckland responding to the scene.

“There is a considerable amount of smoke coming from one of the cranes” they said.

The witness said they couldn’t see any flames.

A Herald photographer at the scene said port technicians were also in attendance.

It’s understood the fire was at the end of Fergusson Container Terminal.