News Story
Early this morning there was a further callout, the result of the stormy conditions, when a tree blew over in Pt Chevalier, taking with it a power pole and live wires. And it was much the same at Randwick Park in South Auckland where a pole, with lines attached fell down across Porchester Road; members were able to lift cordons on the arterial route just before the morning traffic peaked. There were calls to power lines down in Penrose, in Freemans Bay and, later at Waitakere: cordons were maintained at all three events until power lines were made safe by linemen. Meanwhile there was a response to Ponsonby to a ruptured gas main in John Street and to a serious motor vehicle accident on State Highway 16 at Kumeu. A call, mid-afternoon, to a motor accident at Papatoetoe ended the busy sequence of calls. In 24 hours ended 6 o'clock tonight we have turned out 14 times to assist at various types of emergencies.
