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Fire rips through the ITM building supplies store in Takaka early Thursday.
An ITM building supplies store in Tākaka, a small town at the end of Golden Bay, was destroyed by fire in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Store manager Luke Brown said the whole building was gone, but he was not immediately able to comment further.
Fire and Emergency NZ said it was alerted to the blaze just after 3am Thursday.
It sent 12 units, mostly trucks and tankers to the scene, a Fenz spokesperson said. A fire investigator was also at the site.
By the time crews arrived the blaze had been “significant”, and the fire was reported contained at 4.50am.
About 6.30am crews were in the mopping up phase.
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Firefighters fight the blaze in the Buxton Lane store.
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Fenz said it sent 12 units to the blaze.
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