Emergency services respond to fire at Botany Town Centre
Emergency services are battling a fire at the Botany Town Centre in Auckland, which originated in a rooftop air-conditioning unit. The incident led to the evacuation of the cinema complex and surrounding areas.
Why it matters
Public safety incidents in major shopping hubs require immediate reporting to inform the local community and ensure public awareness.
Emergency services are responding to a fire at Hoyts Cinemas Botany Downs in Auckland.
Video posted to social media shows plumes of thick black smoke billowing from the Botany Town Centre shopping precinct in East Tāmaki.
Other video shows aerial appliances spraying water on the roof of the cinema complex, while evacuation sirens sound from the building.
A worker at the shopping centre told the Herald the alarm first sounded just before 10am.
“At first we thought it was another false alarm but then we saw the smoke coming from above the food court,” they said.
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