News Story
Members worked traffic management miracles tonight when firefighting operations reduced Nelson Street in the city from five lanes to just two... and during the busy evening peak hours. The blaze was in the former Youthtown building, now a work site, where a power transformer caught alight. Firefighters took additional precautions because potentially hazardous materials were involved and attendance was escalated to a second alarm. Fire appliances and specialist vehicles blocked 3 lanes. "With careful management, despite cordoning off these lanes, we managed to keep the peak hour traffic moving", says Chief Fire Officer Glenn Teal, "saving motorists the inconvenience of detours and preventing further congestion". And while these operations continued in the central city, members were ending a 2-hour job at rural Clevedon in South Auckland where fire engulfed a large shed and threatened another. No sooner had they finished at Clevedon there was a further call to a motor vehicle accident in Penrose at the intersection of Church Street and Great South Road, arguably the busiest in the district. Our members assisted with traffic management throughout the very busy evening peak hour.
