Our 3-Step Escape Plan

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Your checklist

  • Get low

    Smoke is poisonous and more deadly than flames.

    If you breathe smoke for more than a few breaths it can kill you.

  • Be fast

    A house fire can kill you in less than three minutes.

    Don't spend time trying to save possessions.

  • Close doors

    A closed door buys you time.

    It slows down the spread of fire, giving you more time to get to safety.

  • Get out - stay out!

    People have died by going back into a fire.

    Don't leave the meeting place to go back inside for any reason.

Call emergency services as soon as you are out and safe. Ask for FIRE.

Clearly state your address and let the operator know it anyone is still inside or has not made it to the safe meeting place.

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Fire & Emergency New Zealand

Update on hazardous substances incident in Tuakau

Update on hazardous substances incident in Tuakau

21 July 2026

Firefighters will shortly be demobilising from Tuakau, where Fire and Emergency New Zealand has been responding to a hazardous substances incident tonight.

Assistant District Commander Brad Harvey says firefighters have been flushing the drains, and atmospheric readings now show that the air quality in and around the drains has returned to safe levels.

Residents who were evacuated earlier this evening are able to return home. The advice to other residents to stay inside with doors and windows shut has also been lifted.

The scene will be left in the hands of local water management staff. The nature and source of the substance which prompted the emergency response has not yet been established.

The crews of four fire appliances still on site will be preparing to depart shortly. 

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