{"id":232702,"date":"2026-01-14T12:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T12:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/232702\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T12:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T12:34:08","slug":"smoke-warning-lifts-for-dunedin-after-scout-hall-catches-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/232702\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoke warning lifts for Dunedin after scout hall catches fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4JUT3CE_Supplied_by_Chloe_Matthews_002_jpg.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"590\" alt=\"Fire and Emergency has sent out a smoke warning in Dunedin as crews battle a fire in the Roslyn Scout Hall.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\n<p>Photo: Supplied \/ Chloe Matthews\n<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters will continue working into the night to put out a blaze at a scout hall in the Dunedin suburb of Roslyn.<\/p>\n<p>Fire and Emergency said a heavy digger was demolishing the front of the building so firefighters could finish dampening down the interior.<\/p>\n<p>The fire broke out about 3.40pm on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Photos shared with RNZ showed a two-storey building engulfed in flames.<\/p>\n<p>The fire had been producing large amounts of smoke, particularly in the Kaikorai Valley north of Stuart Street, prompting FENZ to send out a smoke warning.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4JUT3CE_Supplied_by_Olivia_Christie_Gaiger_png.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"838\" alt=\"Fire and Emergency has sent out a smoke warning in Dunedin as crews battle a fire in the Roslyn Scout Hall.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\n<p>Photo: Supplied \/ Olivia Christie Gaiger\n<\/p>\n<p>That warning that advised people to stay inside with doors and windows close has since lifted.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation into the cause of the fire has begun.<\/p>\n<p>Cordons remain in place on Stuart Street and drivers are being asked to avoid the area.<\/p>\n<p>The Otago Regional Council earlier set up booms to reduce the amount of contaminated water running off the site of the fire.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/radionz.us6.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=211a938dcf3e634ba2427dde9&amp;id=b3d362e693\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for Ng\u0101 Pitopito K\u014drero<\/a>, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Supplied \/ Chloe Matthews Firefighters will continue working into the night to put out a blaze at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232703,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[48,47,42,43,49,46,44,45,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-232702","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-audio","9":"tag-current-affairs","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-podcasts","13":"tag-public-radio","14":"tag-radio-new-zealand","15":"tag-rnz","16":"tag-top-news","17":"tag-top-stories","18":"tag-topnews","19":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}