Unite Union is calling for an investigation into whether "tens of thousands" of workers had their health endangered by the fire at the SkyCity Convention Centre last week. Unite Union organiser Joe Carolan said about 1000 people worked in the buildings adjacent to the fire and there were 450 delegates at a conference. ​Carolan said when he got to the building on the Tuesday that the fire broke out, "heavy, acrid smoke" had engulfed the floors. I got up to the gaming floor, and I couldn't believe it, people were still spinning the roulette wheel." "The SkyCity International Convention Centre burned for days and, particularly on Tuesday afternoon and all day Wednesday, huge amounts of toxic smoke were released into the central city.

Source: Stuff November 01, 2019 00:00 UTC