A compressor at a Rotorua tyre centre caught fire this morning sending a worker to hospital for smoke inhalation
Emergency services were sent to Bridgestone Tyre Centre on Eruera St about 8.30am.
Co-owner Anita Simmonds said their compressor had randomly caught fire for an unknown reason and there were "flames and a lot of smoke".
She said luckily none of the workers had been working nearby the machine at the time.
One of her workers was being taken to hospital to be checked over for smoke inhalation, she said.