By 1News Reporters
12:07pm

Around 40 firefighters from 14 crews have put out a large blaze at a boat building facility in west Auckland this morning.


A Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) spokesperson said online that 14
crews, including support crews, responded to the fire in Glendene which broke out around 10am.


Initially, three crews and a helicopter responded to multiple calls, finding
a single storey commercial building ablaze.

The fire was then raised to third alarm level, with crews from Glen Eden, Henderson, Te Atatu, Titirangi, Auckland City, Avondale, West Harbour, Mount Roskill and Grey Lynn responding to the scene.


Speaking from the scene, Assistant District Commander Shaun Pilgrim told
1News that nobody was in the building at the time and it has since been put out.


"For all intents and purposes, the fire [is] out right now. There's the odd little hot spot that they're dealing to. So it was good, quick work by the responding crews."

He said the fire was burning fiercely inside when they arrived.


"And with the building being unoccupied, the fire had a good amount of time
to get well established before it was discovered," he said.


Pilgrim said the plan for the rest of the day was to "just extinguish all the hot spots and try and determine a cause".

Earlier, FENZ said eight fire engines and six specialist appliances were in attendance, totalling about 40 firefighters.


People in the vicinity of the fire were advised to keep windows and doors closed if impacted by smoke.


"The public is also being asked to avoid the area," the spokesperson added.


Images provided to 1News showed black smoke billowing into the sky above the facility.

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