Firefighters battled and extinguished a large blaze today at a panelbeater business in East Tamaki.
The structure fire was at the Bodytech Paint and Panel business in Harris Rd. Ten fire engines attended the scene, Fire and Emergency NZ shift manager Carren Larking said.
![The damage at the Bodytech Paint and Panel business in Harris Rd. Photo / Dean Purcell](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/5L4CXVY6JOZQTGJFKTKS6XB7SQ.jpg?auth=ab463b9a48815216c8f590ed3fc67662d00d2e12a30a174b0c2a44f0286909c6&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
The fire service was called at 12.42pm to a fire in the roof of the panel and paint shop on Harris Rd, she said.
Larking believed everyone had gotten out of the shop safely.