Bay youth centre ravaged by fire

A youth centre in the Bay of Plenty has been destroyed by a fire which tore through it overnight.

The NZ Fire Service received multiple calls reporting the blaze in the youth centre on Pine Drive in Murupara around 10pm.

Northern Fire Communications shift manager Jaron Phillips says Murupara firefighters arrived to find the single storey dwelling 'fully involved”.

Fire engulfed all of the 25m by 18m structure.

'The building was used as a youth centre and was insecure when Fire and Emergency services arrived.” Jaron says the first crews entered the burning building wearing breathing apparatus to undertake a search.

The Murupara Brigade was backed up by crews from Kaingaroa and Rotorua.

Police were called to the fire and a scene guard was placed there overnight.

Jaron says the cause of the fire is still under investigation and a fire safety investigator is expected to return to the scene this morning to complete a full examination.

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