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A person was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation following a fire in a Lower Hutt scrap factory today.
Firefighters on the air ladders controlled the fire of the Petone scrap.
The fire of the scrap caused the closure of a street and the evacuation of neighboring businesses in Lower Hutt.
Source: 1 NEWS
The fire is deeply seated and could take the rest of the day to turn off completely.
I NEWS filmed from a high angle shows teams that extinguish the fire
Parkside Road will remain closed for another few hours with neighboring companies also evacuated as a precautionary measure, according to the police.
Olsen Star of Kokiri nearby Marae Keiana Olsen Trust says that the marae has taken steps to close the doors in order to ensure that the children are kept at home.
He said that the smoke at the marae was very thick but that the police told him that it was not poisonous.
The fire started before 6:45 in a refrigerator chopping machine before spreading to insulation materials, said a spokesman for the Department of Fire and Emergency
. No case of injury has been reported.
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