Napier petrol station fire: Witnesses felt the heat from 200m away
17 Jan, 2021 02:57 AM
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The BP service station in Bay View, Napier was badly damaged from the blaze. Video / Hayley Monro
The BP service station in Bay View, Napier was badly damaged from the blaze. Video / Hayley Monro
Doug Laing is a senior reporter for Hawke's Bay Todaydoug.laing@nzme.co.nzHawkesBayToday
The volunteer fire crew who tackled the "one-in-a-lifetime" BP Bay View fire were well prepared - they had trained at the site. Senior station officer Richard Hinks, a Pan Pac mill engineer, says the Bay View Volunteer Fire Brigade had previously had training exercises at the State Highway 2 station, and knew the site and its emergency plan well.