Large fire at Carter Holt Harvey's Kopine Mill near Thames

Firefighters battling the blaze last night. Photo/Thames Volunteer Fire Brigade

About 20 appliances are battling a large fire at Carter Holt Harvey's Kopine Mill near Thames.

Residents are reporting seeing large flames from as far away as Ngaruawahia.

A fire and emergency shift manager confirmed there were two large piles of wooden pallets on fire.

Crew from around the Waikato were in attendance to assist with water supply.

Fire crew were alerted to the fire at 9.20pm.

Call #100: Mill fire near Kopu, from Tues 10/4 & Wed 11/4. (Pics credit: RFF Rick Watson) -AG-

Posted by Thames Volunteer Fire Brigade on Tuesday, 10 April 2018

Piles of burning material ablaze as firefighters get busy extinguishing the flames. Photo/TVFB

A truck and trailer unit gets caught up in the flames which were fanned by strong winds last night. Photo/TVFB

Firefighters get amongst the burning rubble. Photo/TVFB