A "huge" fire in Te Atatu this afternoon can be seen from several kilometres away as black smoke billows into the sky above it.
A local man told the Herald he had seen up to 16 fire trucks driving towards the fire, which he could see from his bedroom window at his home about 2km away.
"It's been huge, billowing black smoke across the landscape."
The man said the fire had been raging for about 15 minutes by 3.20pm and he had seen high flames coming from the site.