Person rescued from Auckland CBD apartment fire, 40 firefighters battle blaze

40 firefighters battled the fire in central Auckland. Photo / Hayden Woodward

• A person was rescued from an apartment fire in Auckland’s CBD this morning.
• A woman was taken away on a stretcher by paramedics after the fire.
• A Fire and Emergency spokesperson said a fire investigator would examine the scene today.

A woman has been rescued from an apartment fire in Auckland’s CBD.

About 40 firefighters with 13 fire engines battled the blaze at the Greys Ave address at 2.30am.

It is understood the apartment is owned by Kāinga Ora.

A woman was brought out on a stretcher and taken away by paramedics.

A Fire and Emergency spokesperson said the last fire engine left the scene at 3.15am.

They said a fire investigator would be there later today.

Firefighters at the scene of an apartment fire on Greys Ave. Photo / Hayden Woodward

A resident said such events happened at the apartments “all the time”.

“They just put us in here, suppose it is a warm place, but it happens all the time; [the] cops [are] over it.”

St John has been approached for comment.

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