Favona fire: Emergency crews battle South Auckland townhouse blaze

Fire crews at the blaze on Walmsley Road, Favona. Photo / Hayden Woodward

Emergency services battled a major fire that gutted a townhouse in the Auckland suburb of Favona last night.

Photos from a Herald photographer at the scene show the row of townhouses on Walmsley Rd badly damaged by the blaze.

Staff at the petrol station across the road reported seeing smoke and five to six fire trucks on site.

Fire and Emergency NZ (Fenz) said they were in attendance “at a multiple property fire used as a house”last night.

“All persons accounted for and crews are dampening down and setting up a decontamination centre,” Fenz said.

Firefighters could be seen being decontaminated after leaving the block of units.

Fire investigators were seen arriving last night while firefighters were still present to extinguish any remaining hot spots.

Traffic control was in place and a section of Walmsley Rd remained closed.

A decontamination centre was set up. Photo / Hayden Woodward

Fire crews at the blaze in Favona. Photo / Hayden Woodward