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2022 - 8 - 26

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Live: 'It's so crazy' - five injured in explosion at Auckland wharf (New Zealand Herald)

Five people have been injured in an explosion at a downtown wharf in Auckland this morning. The blast at the Hawkins construction site on Halsey Street is ...

Work had not started at the Hawkins construction site on Pakenham St West when the explosion occurred. Workers have been sent home and the site will be closed today. Four of the injured have been left with serious injuries and have been taken to Middlemore Hospital and one suffered moderate injuries and was taken to Auckland City Hospital. A man who had worked with those injured told Stuff the explosion happened inside a portacom at the site. The blast at the Hawkins construction site is being blamed on a gas cooker but authorities have not confirmed the cause of the explosion. Shredded items of clothing can be seen on the road near the scene of the explosion.

Five people injured in Auckland central after gas cooker explodes ... (Stuff.co.nz)

Fire and Emergency received reports of an explosion in Auckland central, on Pakenham St West, off Halsey St, about 6.30am on Friday. Police on the scene said ...

The company has been contacted for comment. Martin Campbell, New Zealand Professional Firefighters’ Union Auckland local secretary, said volunteers would have responded to the gas explosion near Halsey St in Auckland’s Wynyard Quarter if it had occurred while union crews were striking. A worker at a construction site near Wynyard Quarter said he worked with those who had been injured and the explosion had happened inside a Portacom at the site. Walsh said they attempted to help the injured by cooling off their burns with fire hoses. Police on the scene said four people had been seriously injured and taken to Middlemore Hospital, where the regional burns unit is located. Firefighters tried to help those injured in a gas explosion by cooling off their burns with fire hoses.

5 hospitalised after explosion near Auckland waterfront (1 News)

Fire, ambulance and police staff are responding to the incident on Halsey St.

They were taken to Auckland Hospital. Four people in a serious condition were taken to Middlemore Hospital, while one initially classed as critical has since changed to moderate. Police, fire and St John staff rushed to a street near Auckland's waterfront after an explosion left five people hurt.

Auckland wharf explosion: Five injured as emergency services rush ... (RNZ)

Five people were taken to hospital after a gas explosion at a building site in Auckland's Wynyard Quarter this morning.

a lot of emergency service workers around them." "We smelled some fire, smoke. The building site is in a very busy part of downtown Auckland.

Emergency staff respond to explosion in downtown Auckland, five ... (Newshub)

Five people have been injured, four seriously, in an explosion in central Auckland. Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) told Newshub crews responded to ...

5 people injured in early morning explosion in Auckland (Fijivillage)

Stuff.co reports four fire trucks are currently at Halsey Street in Wynyard Quarter. An eye witness says police, fire trucks and ambulances arrived at the scene ...

Walsh said they attempted to help the injured by cooling off their burns with fire hoses. Police on the scene said four people had been seriously injured and taken to Middlemore Hospital, where the regional burns unit is located. Frank Walsh, senior station officer from Auckland Central Station, said firefighters were the first to arrive at the scene.

FLASH: Emergency crews responding to explosion on Halsey Street ... (Crisis24)

FLASH: Emergency crews responding to explosion on Halsey Street, central Auckland, New Zealand, early Aug. 26. Casualties reported.

Emergency crews are responding to an explosion at an unidentified construction site on Halsey Street in Wynyard Quarter, central Auckland, early Aug. Preliminary reports indicate at least five people have been injured; authorities have as yet not determined the cause of the blast. FLASH: Emergency crews responding to explosion on Halsey Street, central Auckland, New Zealand, early Aug.