A machinery operator has been treated and released from hospital with burns after a large fire broke out at the Ports of Auckland.
Plumes of black smoke could be seen billowing across the city, including the North Shore, from the blaze yesterday (10/2/2018) in the morning.
The blaze had broken out near railway lines alongside Quay St in a reach stacker, a vehicle used to lift and move cargo containers, a Fire Emergency New Zealand spokesman said.
The operator suffered burns and was taken to hospital.
Ports spokesman Matt Ball said at 1pm the male driver of the stacker had been treated for minor burns to a hand and released from hospital.
Four fire trucks attended the fire.
The blaze was limited to the one piece of machinery, Ball said.
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