7 Mar 2018

Concerns over health impact of huge Mangere fire

From Afternoons, 1:14 pm on 7 March 2018
The fire at the scrap yard.

The fire at the scrap yard. Photo: Supplied / Roger Callister

Eighty firefighters have spent the past few hours battling a massive fire at South Auckland scrap metal yard. The chairperson of the Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board, Lydia Sosene says there are real concerns about the toxins and pollutants created by the fire.