Firefighters at the scene on Thursday.
Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi
A fire on a major arterial road in the Auckland suburb of Mount Eden is expected to cause traffic delays.
RNZ understands the fire at a commercial building has been extinguished.
Most of Dominion Road near the Woolworths supermarket has been blocked off on Thursday.
Traffic is being diverted onto Onslow Road.
Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi
Fire and Emergency senior station officer Phil Grace told RNZ most of the road has been blocked off while they respond.
It was unsafe to have vehicles driving while they had firefighters and hoses on the road.
When their crews first arrived at the scene there was a lot of smoke coming out of the ground level of the building, he said.
Alan from the Salvation Army Family Store on Dominion Road said workers noticed the fire at a neighbouring building after 1:40pm.
“There’s been thick, black, bellowing smoke coming out of the front door. … We’ve had to close our store.”
He said the affected building was previously used by Gumboot Friday and was set to be demolished.
Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi
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