“You couldn’t really tell what it was but it was a solid amount of flame,” they told Newstalk ZB.
Another said they could see “a very large line of flashing red and blue lights” on Tamaki Dr, all the way from Devonport.
Emergency services are responding to a major vehicle fire in Parnell on Wednesday, October 22 2025. Image – Supplied
Hato Hone St John said they have responded with three ambulances, one first response unit, one rapid response unit, and one operations manager.
They are assessing one patient in a serious condition and one in a moderate condition.
Reports on social media say the accident involved a bus and a car.
“There seems to be moments of incredible flashes like if I could imagine a shed full of fireworks going up?” one wrote on Reddit.
“I’ve never heard this many sirens blaring almost undisrupted probably ever it’s looks horrific from my place [sic],” another commented.
A Herald reporter at the scene said emergency services have blocked off Tamaki Dr at The Strand.
Images taken by a Herald photographer show Fire and Emergency trucks on both sides of the road. The fire appeared to be extinguished.
Emergency services at the scene of a serious crash on Tamaki Drive on October 22, 2025. Photo / NZ Herald
More to come.