Fire crews in Wellington have spent several hours fighting a large blaze in Porirua overnight.
Up to five fire crews were called to an area near a railway station in the suburb shortly before midnight, when the fire was smaller.
However, it quickly escalated to a bigger blaze that forced a number of road closures. Tranzrail also shut down one train line as a safety precaution - which disrupted travel for some time.
Central fire communications said the situation has since been brought under control and firefighters left the scene about 4am.
