{"id":344039,"date":"2026-03-23T18:11:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T18:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/344039\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T18:11:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T18:11:12","slug":"large-fire-breaks-out-in-massey-black-smoke-spews-across-west-auckland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/344039\/","title":{"rendered":"Large fire breaks out in Massey; black smoke spews across West Auckland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">Dozens of residents were outside, with firefighters telling them to move back due to the strong smell.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Fire crews were called to a blaze in the West Auckland suburb of Massey. Photo \/ Supplied\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Fire crews were called to a blaze in the West Auckland suburb of Massey. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">One resident told the Herald she was in the middle of her evening prayer when she heard a \u201chuge boom\u201d from outside. <\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cI was sitting next to the window in the kitchen and the sound shocked me. I opened my eyes and looked outside, only to see flames shooting up to the sky and black smoke,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cMy neighbour ran over to check if I was okay and she said she was about to call the fire service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">Fire and Emergency New Zealand told the Herald that three trucks and one support vehicle were called to the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cUpon arrival, we found a car, a carport and a large van on fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe fire has since been extinguished and a fire investigator is on scene.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"A fire broke out on Sunline Ave in Massey in West Auckland. Photo \/ Supplied\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>A fire broke out on Sunline Ave in Massey in West Auckland. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up to The Daily H<\/a>, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dozens of residents were outside, with firefighters telling them to move back due to the strong smell. Fire&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344040,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2840,51,7022,4996,38501,15974,2079,305,42,78,3242,17306,43,3111,11426,1321,3948,183432,17294,40,38,41,39,3807],"class_list":["post-344039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-across","tag-auckland","tag-black","tag-blaze","tag-breaks","tag-emergency","tag-fire","tag-have","tag-headlines","tag-in","tag-large","tag-massey","tag-news","tag-out","tag-rushed","tag-services","tag-smoke","tag-spews","tag-suburb","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-west"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344039","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=344039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}