{"id":85200,"date":"2025-10-17T22:34:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T22:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/85200\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T22:34:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T22:34:07","slug":"auckland-airport-domestic-terminal-evacuated-after-fire-alarm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/85200\/","title":{"rendered":"Auckland Airport domestic terminal evacuated after fire alarm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"iNwUpnfLcxPBLSL\" style=\"display:none\">She didn\u2019t say what caused the alarm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"iNwUpnfLcxPBLSL\" style=\"display:none\">One passenger sent the Herald a photo of fellow travellers waiting on the tarmac between a boarding gate exit and plane.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Some passengers were airside when the fire alarm went off at Auckland Airport's domestic terminal this morning, forcing them to remain on the tarmac. Photo \/ Georgie Smith\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Some passengers were airside when the fire alarm went off at Auckland Airport&#8217;s domestic terminal this morning, forcing them to remain on the tarmac. Photo \/ Georgie Smith<\/p>\n<p class=\"iNwUpnfLcxPBLSL\" style=\"display:none\">Another said the airport was still evacuated when they arrived at 8.15am, and they then waited another 15 minutes to enter the terminal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"iNwUpnfLcxPBLSL\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThere was plenty of \u2018chaos\u2019 for a wee while but then everything cleared pretty quickly\u201d, Bruce Bradburn said in an email to the Herald.<\/p>\n<p class=\"iNwUpnfLcxPBLSL\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cOur flight to Blenheim at 9.25 was delayed only by 30 minutes! So it has all cleared very quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Nelson MP Rachel Boyack pictured waiting outside Auckland Airport's domestic terminal, which was evacuated this morning after a fire alarm went off. Photo \/ X\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Nelson MP Rachel Boyack pictured waiting outside Auckland Airport&#8217;s domestic terminal, which was evacuated this morning after a fire alarm went off. Photo \/ X<\/p>\n<p class=\"iNwUpnfLcxPBLSL\" style=\"display:none\">Nelson MP Rachel Boyack was also among those affected, posting a video to X of people outside the terminal as alarms blared in the background.<\/p>\n<p class=\"iNwUpnfLcxPBLSL\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cFire Drill over &#8211; hopefully was just a drill! Now Airport chaos begins!\u201d, she wrote in a subsequent update.<\/p>\n<p class=\"iNwUpnfLcxPBLSL\" style=\"display:none\">A fellow air passenger told Stuff they understood a sprinkler had gone off in a cafe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"iNwUpnfLcxPBLSL\" style=\"display:none\">The evacuation was now causing delays, the passenger said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"iNwUpnfLcxPBLSL\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cMy plane half boarded and now we can\u2019t leave because 25 passengers haven\u2019t boarded. It\u2019s gonna be chaos today.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"She didn\u2019t say what caused the alarm. 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