Spray booth catches fire

Smoke filled Birch Avenue this morning as Tauranga Fire Brigade dealt with a blaze in a building under refurbishment.

Firefighters were called to the fire at around 9am.


Smoke filled the street as firefighters put the fire out this morning. Photo: Kim Jackson.

Tauranga Fire Brigade senior station officer Kevin Cowper says there was a small fire in a premises that is undergoing renovation.

'The fire was in an old spray booth,” explains Kevin.

'It was caused by, just looking at it, a hot spark.

'There was no major drama - everyone was out when we got there.

'We put the fire out quite easily and quickly.”

Firefighters spent about an hour at the scene making sure the fire did not reignite.

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