{"id":250630,"date":"2026-01-25T04:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T04:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/250630\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T04:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T04:52:09","slug":"smoke-seen-rising-over-mount-wellington-firefighters-battling-hotspots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/250630\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoke seen rising over Mount Wellington, firefighters battling hotspots"},"content":{"rendered":"

Firefighters have extinguished a scrub fire on Auckland’s Mt Wellington, where large smoke clouds had been seen rising.<\/p>\n

It broke out shortly after 4pm on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n

By 5:30pm there were 28 firefighters working on dampening down hot spots at the vegetation fire, which was on the western side of the maunga, Fire and Emergency said.<\/p>\n

Crews called to the scene included Mt Wellington, Remuera, St Heliers, \u014ct\u0101huhu and \u014ctara.<\/p>\n

A helicopter had responded but had been stood down.<\/p>\n

Fire and Emergency could not say how big the blaze got in size.<\/p>\n

A video sent to RNZ showed clouds of grey smoke rising in front of the maunga.<\/p>\n

There was “a lot of smoke rising” around Mount Wellington and the intersection of the Mount Wellington Highway and the Panmure Highway, a witness told RNZ.<\/p>\n

“Lots of sirens a few minutes ago. A helicopter hovering in the area before,” they said.<\/p>\n

Another person told RNZ they could see one fire truck on the northern side of the maunga.<\/p>\n

Police were also at the scene.<\/p>\n

\"Fire<\/p>\n

\nA fire truck seen on Mount Wellington in Auckland on Sunday afternoon.
\nPhoto: Supplied\n<\/p>\n

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