Forty firefighters battled a crane fire at Port of Auckland last night, with a witness saying smoke was spewing over Auckland Central.
A Fire and Emergency NZ (Fenz) spokesperson told the Herald they were “responding to an incident” in Auckland Central tonight after receiving a call at 9.15pm.
About 10 fire crews and 40 firefighters were in attendance shortly after 10pm. The fire was extinguished just before midnight.
Fenz said a transformer was on fire.
One witness told the Herald it was like they’d seen every fire engine in Auckland responding to the scene.
“There is a considerable amount of smoke coming from one of the cranes” they said.
The witness said they couldn’t see any flames.
A Herald photographer at the scene said port technicians were also in attendance.
It’s understood the fire was at the end of Fergusson Container Terminal.
Karen Chhour weighs in on the incident at a South Auckland youth justice facility.