Steamboat catches fire on Warkworth Wharf, North Auckland; police control large crowd
A steamboat has caught fire on Wharf St in Warkworth, North Auckland.
Police stepped in to control a huge crowd after a steamboat caught fire next to Warkworth Wharf in North Auckland this evening.
A Fire and Emergency spokesman said firefighters were called to a blaze at 8.27pm on a steamboat at Warkworth Wharf.
“The boat was well involved upon arrival … and part of the wharf was on fire,” he said.
“The owner is now arranging for a tugboat to tug it to a boat ramp where we will be able to fully extinguish the fire and the owner will attempt to refloat it.”