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.
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.
