Seventy firefighters are battling a blaze on a container ship at Mount Maunganui. Northern fire communications centre spokesman Jaron Phillips said two fires started overnight in the hold of the ship while it was berthed at the Port of Tauranga. The cargo ship had crew on board and fire had been liaising with the captain on Sunday morning, Mr Phillips said. The alarm was raised following indication of high temperature in the hold of the ship. He said he had spoken to several boat workers at the port but none had seen anything on Sunday morning.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 23, 2017 20:03 UTC