Teen denies causing West Auckland Countdown chip aisle fire 12 May, 2021 11:44 PM 2 minutes to read Dozens of firefighters are battling a blaze that broke out in the Countdown supermarket in WestCity mall in West Auckland tonight. Video / Hayley Rayner Dozens of firefighters are battling a blaze that broke out in the Countdown supermarket in WestCity mall in West Auckland tonight. Video / Hayley Rayner NZ Herald One of two people charged with deliberately causing a fire at a West Auckland supermarket - allegedly a TikTok challenge that went wrong - has denied setting fire to potato chip packets. Sixty firefighters were sent to the blaze at Countdown in WestCity Waitakere mall, Henderson on May 6.