20 Aug 2022

Fire closes Auckland shopping street

11:21 am on 20 August 2022

A retail street in Auckland's Takapuna has been partly closed to traffic as emergency services respond to a building fire.

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(File photo) Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King

Firefighters and police are working at a building fire in Barry's Point Road, in Takapuna, on the North Shore.

Police asked motorists to avoid Barrys Point Road while crews battled to contain the fire.

A detour had been set up, but they warned to expect traffic delays.

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