Video will play in Play now Don't auto playNever auto playA blaze at a restaurant in a West Auckland shopping mall has now been extinguished. Firefighters rushed to LynnMall just after 7pm tonight after a fire was reported. Northern fire communications shift manager Megan Ruru said seven fire engines had been dispatched to Lynn Mall. A witness said there was thick black smoke coming from the mall. He described the smoke as being "heavy, thick, dense and black" and said it appeared very quickly, but had since dissipated.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 02, 2016 06:20 UTC