Residents evacuated in Kingsland after fire in Auckland apartment block

A witness to the fire on Bond Street, Kingsland, said smoke was billowing and residents had been evactuated. Photo / Supplied

Smoke is billowing from a fire in an apartment block in Kingsland, Auckland this evening.

Fire and Emergency responded to the blaze about 9.15pm after reports of a fire in a bedroom of the Bond St, Plumlodge building.

The fire is on the ground floor of a block of flats, a spokesperson said.

A witness said smoke was “billowing” from the building and residents had been evacuated.

The residents were spread across the footpath, haphazardly dressed as they were forced to urgently flee the building.

“It was a huge plume of smoke,” the witness said.

“You could see the smoke was drifting across the [Kingsland] village, the whole village was just filled with smoke.”

As she drove past the blaze, the woman said her car began to be consumed by the smoke.

Four fire trucks and two aerial appliances are battling the blaze. No injuries have been reported.

More to come.