Smoke warnings for a large scrap metal fire in South Auckland

From Midday Report, 12:12 pm on 31 May 2023

Fire and Emergency has extended its smoke warnings for a large scrap metal fire in South Auckland.

The blaze in Favona has been burning since midnight and involves a ten-metre high pile of scrap metal.

This is the third fire at Sims Metal in the last few years, with fires in 2017 and 2018 .

Phil Larcombe is Fire and Emergency's Incident Controller. He spoke with Charlotte Cook.