{"id":439431,"date":"2026-05-22T04:05:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T04:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/439431\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T04:05:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T04:05:14","slug":"fire-breaks-out-in-19th-floor-of-auckland-cbd-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/439431\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire breaks out in 19th floor of Auckland CBD hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fire broke out at a hotel under construction in the Auckland CBD this afternoon.<\/p>\n

The fire was in a 19th floor room of the 22-storey DoubleTree by Hilton on Albert St around 2.20pm, Assistant District Commander for Auckland City Dave Woon told reporters at the scene.<\/p>\n

Two windows on the floor were broken, Woon said, which was “helpful in letting us get water in”.<\/p>\n

He said the building was under construction and this provided challenges to fire crews.<\/p>\n

“Being a building under construction, it will have a whole bunch of different hazards \u2013 different to what an occupied building would have.”<\/p>\n

\"Flames<\/p>\n

Flames from the 1th floor of the DoubleTree by Hilton on Albert St. (Source: Supplied)<\/p>\n

Fire crews reported one person in a crane required treatment. <\/p>\n

Multiple people were inside at the time of the blaze, he said.<\/p>\n

“All persons were accounted for.”<\/p>\n

In an update, Fire and Emergency said the blaze had been extinguished. “Crews will remain at the scene for the rest of the afternoon.”<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A hose attacks a blaze at a hotel in the Auckland CBD. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n

Members of the public were asked to continue to stay clear of the scene for the next hour.<\/p>\n

Hato Hone St John was alerted to the incident around 2.26pm and responded with an ambulance and two operations managers, with an additional unit en route, a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

Dozens of firefighters were at the scene tackling the blaze as onlookers gathered to watch, according to a 1News reporter at the scene.<\/p>\n

Officers were at the scene for traffic management, a police spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

The fire broke out at the DoubleTree by Hilton on Albert St. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n

Strong, acrid smoke could be smelled across the central city.<\/p>\n

A video posted to social media by MP Tim Costley explained the crucial work of firefighters. “This is why we’ve got to support them because this is what they do, seven days a week,” the MP for \u014ctaki said. As he was speaking, flames could be seen from an upper floor room of the building. <\/p>\n

\"Firefighters<\/p>\n

Firefighters and police at the scene of a fire at a hotel in the Auckland CBD. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n

An investigation was underway into how the blaze began.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fire broke out at a hotel under construction in the Auckland CBD this afternoon. The fire was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[51,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-439431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-auckland","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439431","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=439431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}