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Traffic is backed up along Jervois Quay with one lane was closed to traffic because of a fire in ceiling of the NZX building. .
Workers were evacuated from the NZX building on Cable St this morning after a fire was discovered in a ceiling on the building’s fourth floor.
A Fire and Emergency spokesperson said FENZ was alerted to smoke on the fourth floor of the NZX building. A fire was found in the ceiling. It has since been put out.
Fire and Emergency assistant commander James Martin Bond said they were checking if the fire had spread at all.
Martin-Bond said it was not being treated as suspicious and there were no injuries. He said that the cause of the fire wasn’t yet clear.
One lane on the street had been closed as seven fire trucks including a ladder engine and a police car are parked alongside the building.
Kate Dickinson was one of the many workers evacuated from the NZX building.
“We’ve all told it was an electrical fire and got out as soon as we could,” she said.
“We’re not sure how long we’ll be out but we’ve been told to expect that it might be a while before we’re back in.”
Traffic has backed up along Cable St and Jervois Quay but Fire and Emergency expect to leave the building soon as the fire is out.
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