Fire and Emergency Services at an apartment building fire on Heriot Row in Dunedin. Photo / Ben Tomsett
A fire has broken out in a Dunedin apartment block.
Fire and Emergency Services rushed to the fire in a three-storey apartment building on Heriot Row after it was reported about 8.50am.
A Fire and Emergency NZ (Fenz) spokesperson said Dunedin, Roslyn and Willowbank crews are in attendance, with a St Kilda crew on its way.
“Everybody is out of the building and accounted for,” she said.
Police assisted Fenz with traffic management.
“It looks like the fire is now extinguished and everyone is out safely,” a police spokesperson said.
The cause of the fire is not yet confirmed.
A Fenz spokesperson told the Herald they were satisfied the blaze was not suspicious and an investigation is not required.
The security guard was critically injured and remains in hospital after surgery overnight.