{"id":647519,"date":"2026-11-01T04:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T04:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/647519\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T04:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T04:38:09","slug":"euro-car-parts-fire-in-aucklands-manurewa-cars-engulfed-in-flames-locals-warned-about-smoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/647519\/","title":{"rendered":"Euro Car Parts fire in Auckland\u2019s Manurewa: Cars engulfed in flames, locals warned about smoke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"VFgYVkWVN\" style=\"display:none\">An incident report from Fire and Emergency New Zealand said crews were alerted to the blaze at 3.31pm. <\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Cars appear to be engulfed in a major blaze at a Manurewa property. Photo \/ Baljinder Randhawa Sonu\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Cars appear to be engulfed in a major blaze at a Manurewa property. Photo \/ Baljinder Randhawa Sonu<img  alt=\"Smoke from a major blaze at a Manurewa property could be seen from kilometres away. Photo \/ Mellisa Johnson\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Smoke from a major blaze at a Manurewa property could be seen from kilometres away. Photo \/ Mellisa Johnson<\/p>\n<p class=\"VFgYVkWVN\" style=\"display:none\">A witness in the area told the Herald they had heard several loud bangs resembling explosions. <\/p>\n<p class=\"VFgYVkWVN\" style=\"display:none\">The witness was passing along nearby Mahia Rd told the Herald the fire appeared to start small before rapidly growing in size.<\/p>\n<p class=\"VFgYVkWVN\" style=\"display:none\">They described smoke churning and swirling in the southerly wind and reported hearing several loud bangs resembling explosions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"VFgYVkWVN\" style=\"display:none\">The witness said Great South Rd had been blocked off, with at least four fire trucks at the scene.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Smoke rises over South Auckland following reports of a structure fire in Manurewa on Sunday.\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Smoke rises over South Auckland following reports of a structure fire in Manurewa on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"VFgYVkWVN\" style=\"display:none\">They also reported a strong, \u201cnasty smell\u201d in the surrounding area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"VFgYVkWVN\" style=\"display:none\">Manurewa-Papakura Ward councillor Daniel Newman, who lives in nearby Wattle Downs, told the Herald crews were continuing efforts to contain the blaze.<\/p>\n<p class=\"VFgYVkWVN\" style=\"display:none\">He urged residents to follow instructions from emergency services and avoid the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"VFgYVkWVN\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cClose windows, take in the washing, look after yourself,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An incident report from Fire and Emergency New Zealand said crews were alerted to the blaze at 3.31pm.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":647520,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1443,3952,29893,3944,6799,6741,86829,1834,2079,34981,78,2944,20829,661,80177,3180,111,43,139,69,17711,530,6753,3948,2069,6845,8222,1455,5157,177216],"class_list":["post-647519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-about","tag-aucklands","tag-authorities","tag-car","tag-cars","tag-doors","tag-engulfed","tag-euro","tag-fire","tag-flames","tag-in","tag-inside","tag-locals","tag-major","tag-manurewa","tag-near","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-parts","tag-residents","tag-shut","tag-smoke","tag-stay","tag-vehicle","tag-warned","tag-warning","tag-windows","tag-wreckers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647519","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=647519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}