Emergency services remain at the scene of a massive three-floor building fire in Tūākau where at one point flames were shooting 30 metres into the air. Fire and Emergency NZ (Fenz) said they received several calls just before 8.20pm about a building fire on Lapwood Rd. It's understood the fire is at Tūākau Proteins - a meat processing and animal by-product rendering plant. Resident Dave Lesperance said he could see flames shooting 30 metres into the air. Firefighters initially understood the building to be 50m x 40m in size, but said in a later update it was a three-floor 200m x 200m building.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 23, 2021 08:12 UTC