Emergency services are working to extinguish a blaze in an industrial building in the Auckland suburb of Ellerslie.
A fire communications spokesperson said the blaze had been upgraded to a level three alarm and said the fire was "well involved in the building".
Around 15 trucks and 60 firemen are headed to the scene.
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A spokeswoman for St John said an ambulance was called to the scene at about 3.45pm as a precaution.