Crews are expected to be fighting a blaze at a Papakura scrap yard well into the afternoon
Crews are expected to be fighting a blaze at a Papakura scrap yard well into the afternoon
13 January 2021
The fire burning through a pile of metal, is contained but still not under control.
An emergency alert has been sent to people's phones in the Auckland suburb, asking them to avoid smoke and stay inside.
Counties Manukau area commander Geoff Purcell says containing it will take a while.
He says the pile of scrap material is 20 metres deep and the only way to put it out is hosing it down.
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