Four people have been rescued from the roof of a burning building in south Auckland.
The blaze broke out in a two storey shopping and apartment building on Bairds Rd in Otara, around 8.30am.
Fire officer Jaron Phillips says the fire was quickly located on the second floor - and officers then received reports of four people on the roof.
Fire fighters used aerial ladders to bring them safely down.
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