Traffic building up following garage fire on busy south Auckland road

Thursday, 27 August 2020

One lane of a busy south Auckland road is closed as firefighters extinguish a large fire at a property.

On Thursday afternoon, a staff member at the Caltex Service Station on Massey Rd, Māngere said he had seen fire trucks pass the station and there was “lots” of white smoke in the air.

Fire and Emergency NZ shift manager Daniel Nicholson said two fire trucks were currently at the scene of a garage fire.

The garage was “well involved” in flames when crews arrived around 2.45pm.

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Nicholson said there were no injuries and no-one was missing.

Crews were working to extinguish the flames.

A police spokesman said officers were assisting with traffic management.

One lane of Massey Rd heading towards Ōtāhuhu has been closed. Both lanes heading towards Māngere were open.

A Stuff visual journalist at the scene said traffic was building in the area.