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Hundreds flood social media with photos, videos of SkyCity fire

Author
NZ Herald,
Publish Date
Tue, 22 Oct 2019, 2:12PM
The fire can be seen from across the city. (Photo / NZ Herald)
The fire can be seen from across the city. (Photo / NZ Herald)

Hundreds flood social media with photos, videos of SkyCity fire

Author
NZ Herald,
Publish Date
Tue, 22 Oct 2019, 2:12PM

Hundreds of Aucklander have flooded social media with staggering photos and videos of a fire that has engulfed the SkyCity Convention Centre.

Thick black smoke billowing from the building can be seen across the city.

Hundreds of people phoned 111 as flames could be seen leaping from the building top at about 1.15pm. Workers could be seen fleeing the flames.

The fire has prompted pedestrians and others in CBD buildings to share the ordeal from all parts of Auckland.

A northern fire communications spokeswoman said about 1.15pm that they were getting "hundreds'' of calls from members of the public.

The building is still under construction in downtown Auckland.

 

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