Emergency services were called to the commercial address, on Orb Ave in Manukau, just before 1pm. Photo / Google
An eyewitness has described seeing a man "on fire" after an explosion at a Vector transformer outside a South Auckland factory.
The man, a Northpower technician, received serious electrical burns after the transformer blew near the site of the Frucor Suntory plant in South Auckland.
The witness said the explosion
sounded like a shipping container had been dropped, and power was knocked out at the soft drink maker's factory.
They then saw a man "on fire" walking to retrieve his phone, before realising his skin was starting to peel.
Emergency services were called to the commercial address, on Orb Ave in Manukau, just before 1pm.
