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Fire in The Sky city in Auckland . The fire burning at the SkyCity Convention Centre in Auckland on Wednesday evening.The roof of the Sky City convention centre has partially collapsed after a night where flames had again flared up.Four firefighters armed with heavy power tools, are working to remove sections of the scorched facade at the centre of the tiered roof.The crew had hacked away more than a dozen sections of the
structure.Meanwhile, the two snorkel fire trucks which had been blasting water onto the fire all night have been lowered. Flames are still visible on the edge of the roof near the corner of Nelson St and Wellesley St West but it appears the operation is finally moving into the mopping up stage.Fire and Emergency NZ will hold a media briefing at 10 am but has declined to comment before then.