Whangārei Hospital is still open.
Smoke can be seen over Whangārei Hospital. Photo / NZME
Walkways and some nearby roads are cordoned off.
Police have asked people to avoid the area while emergency services respond as well as for residents living nearby to close their windows.
Resident Harmony Muller was on her way home with her daughter when she noticed thick, black smoke.
“ … I was thinking, oh my gosh, I thought it was my house.”
Muller’s home is opposite the fire.
“We hope no one’s hurt,” she said.
While the drove of firefighters and police made Muller and her daughter feel safe, they had still found the blaze unsettling.
Emergency services at Whangārei Hospital where a fire ignited in a carpark. Photo / Brodie Stone
More to come.