19 Jul 2018

Person burned in fire at AFFCO plant

10:51 pm on 19 July 2018

One person has been badly burned in a fire at a meat processing plant in Northland.

Ambulances at 11 Kohimaramara Rd, Auckland after the slip which went into the San Remo apartments.

File photo. Photo: RNZ / Mihingarangi Forbes

Police said they were called to the AFFCO plant in Moerewa just after 7.30 this evening.

A man has sustained burns and been flown to Auckland Hospital in a serious condition.

The fire is now out, but the extent of the damage to the site is not yet known.