12:59 pm today

Police investigate Auckland nightclub basement blaze

12:59 pm today
Emergency operations centre in Westport.

Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon

Police are investigating, after a fire broke out in the basement of a central Auckland nightclub early on Sunday.

Emergency services were called to Karangahape Road about 1.40am, after an automatic fire alarm was activated.

The road was blocked for about an hour, while Fire and Emergency worked at the scene.

Crews from Auckland City, Grey Lynn and Parnell responded to the fire that broke out in the 40m x 20m, two-storey building.

The blaze was extinguished within 20 minutes, but a fire investigator remained at the site until 2.30am.

St John responded with one ambulance and treated one patient in a moderate condition at the scene.

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