Two stores in Auckland have been badly damaged by an overnight fire.
A blaze broke out about 1.30am in a block of shops on the corner of Richardson and Stoddard Roads in Mt Roskill.
Fire and Emergency shift manager, Craig Dally, said a greengrocer and a halal butcher shop were well alight when firefighters arrived.
Six fire trucks were sent there, but the blaze is now out and one is still at the scene.