Photo: NZ HeraldAuckland's SkyCity Hotel is being evacuated as smoke billows out of vents on the side of the building on Victoria St. Hundreds of confused onlookers are watching as about 15 firefighters work to stop the smoke. SkyCity spokeswoman Rebecca Foote said smoke had been detected in the hotel's generator room. "We're just doing an evacuation of SkyCity hotel at the moment," she told the Herald. The smoke was in the SkyCity hotel and not the tower itself, she said.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 18, 2017 22:41 UTC