Fire crews have managed to bring under control a fire
which has destroyed Ranfurly's main car
workshop early today.
Two main streets have been blocked off in the Maniototo town
as about 25 firefighters from from Ranfurly, Naseby and
Omakau continue to dampen down hot spots at Ranfurly Auto.
Ranfurly Chief Fire Officer James Hazlett told NZPA it was a
major structural fire in the town's main street.
"It was the main garage in Ranfurly...sandwich shop, bike
shop and flat above it, probably bigger than 80 square
metres," he said.
The occupants of the flat, the garage owners, managed to
escape unscathed and there were no injuries among the
firefighters.
Mr Hazlett said the garage was well ablaze when the
firefighters arrived, after the alarm was raised by the local
butcher about 5am.
It took more than two hours to bring the fire under control
and the building was pretty much destroyed.
He said Fire Safety officers would investigate the cause of
the fire.
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