20 Apr 2023

Newmarket fire: Residents return but power, water still out

From Checkpoint, 6:07 pm on 20 April 2023

Two days after a massive blaze brought Auckland's Newmarket to a standstill and caused millions of dollars worth of damage - residents and businesses are still in the dark.

CCTV footage shows a group of youths near where the fire started in the basement of an appartment block, and authourities believe it's suspicious.

More than 100 people who live there have been allowed to return home - but there's no power or running water. Newmarket Business Association chief executive Mark Knoff-Thomas has been working on that.

He talks to Lisa Owen.