Source: Radio New Zealand
More than 60 firefighters tackled the first blaze at Waiuku recycling facility. Supplied
Shipping containers at an Auckland business park that were set alight late on Monday night were ablaze again in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Fire engulfed nearly 5000 square metres of plastic and six shipping containers at a recycling facility storage area in Waiuku Business Park on Monday.
Fire and Emergency shift manager Ryan Geen said they were called to the same business park about 3.30am on Wednesday.
“They found two shipping containers [on fire], that were involved in the fire the other night,” he said.
The fire was put out by about 5am, he said.
Crews did not call a fire investigator or the police, but the investigation into Monday night’s fire was ongoing, he said.
The police are treating Monday’s fire as suspicious.
The owner of Waiuku Business Park, Sam Wulff, told RNZ he leased out part of the industrial lot to the plastics recycling company, Future Post.
He was shocked to learn that the fire might have been deliberately lit there.
He said the recycling facility converted waste plastic into fence posts.
Residents near a huge fire at a recycling facility in Waiuku on Monday night were asked to stay indoors. Supplied
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