The blaze has closed part of Main Street between Linden Avenue and McLellan Street.

Diversions are in place but motorists are being asked to avoid the area.

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18 Sep: Emergency services are attending a two vehicle crash near Dannevirke in the Manawatu

18 Sep: Firefighters are battling a house fire near the rural village Tutira near Napier this morning

18 Sep: Authorities are continuing a large-scale search for a woman missing from Christchurch

18 Sep: An old building near Porirua is set to be knocked down, to make way for an open grassed area

18 Sep: Canterbury police are appealing for information about a 66-year-old woman missing from the Whitewash Heads, Scarborough area

17 Sep: Firefighters are continuing to fight one large scrub fire in Canterbury, fuelled by strong winds and forestry slash

17 Sep: A person's died following a serious two-vehicle crash in Auckland's Ellerslie this afternoon

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