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Events this weekend included calls to several fires and motor vehicle accidents and community-assistance at the ASB Auckland Marathon today. Two calls at once yesterday afternoon - the first to a garage fire in Manurewa. The fierce blaze appeared to be a house fire at first, attracting large numbers of sightseers. The blaze consumed the garage and the family car inside. The simultaneous call was to a motor vehicle accident in Remuera where the car's occupant was trapped in the wreckage. This incident also created much local interest so members closed the road while firefighters continued extrication. Today, as has been the case for several years, brigade members act as marshals at the Auckland Marathon assisting with traffic management, this time at the busy downtown Fanshawe/Halsey intersection. More than 11,000 runners entered the various events... one of the main tasks was keeping them separated from traffic as, together with friends and supporters, they streamed out of Victoria Park at the conclusion of their gruelling events.
