{"id":647559,"date":"2026-11-01T05:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T05:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/647559\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T05:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T05:48:12","slug":"massive-emergency-response-to-wreckers-yard-fire-in-auckland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/647559\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive emergency response to wreckers yard fire in Auckland"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fire at Euro Car Parts in south Auckland has sent massive plumes of black smoke across neighbouring suburbs and impacted access to major roads.<\/p>\n

A mobile phone alert has been sent to locals telling them to stay inside, close all windows and doors and avoid the fire-affected area.<\/p>\n

\"Cars<\/p>\n

Cars at a wrecking site were spotted near the blaze. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n

Fire and Emergency NZ said firefighters are still battling the fire, and multiple appliances are present to help the efforts.<\/p>\n

“The incident has been upgraded to a third alarm to get extra resources, bringing 18 fire trucks and approximately 72 firefighters to the scene,” it said. “Due to the scale of the emergency, a portion of Great South Road has been closed to traffic.”<\/p>\n

\"Fire<\/p>\n

Fire crews battle a wreckers yard fire in Manurewa. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n

A fire investigator arrived on-scene to find the cause of the blaze.<\/p>\n

Auckland councillor Daniel Newman said first responders were at the scene but the fire was not yet contained.<\/p>\n

Fire crews were responding from the Manurewa, Ellerslie and Papakura stations.<\/p>\n

\"Black<\/p>\n

Black smoke could be seen clouding the sky from neighbouring suburbs. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n

Vehicles set for scrapping could be seen next to the blaze, as a thick cloud of smoke blocked out surrounding areas.<\/p>\n

Black smoke could be seen billowing across nearby neighbourhoods and across the nearby motorway, slowing traffic as it attracted attention.<\/p>\n

1News has asked police for further information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fire at Euro Car Parts in south Auckland has sent massive plumes of black smoke across neighbouring…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":647560,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[51,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-647559","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\/647559","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=647559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}