22 Oct 2025

5-star Auckland central hotel evacuated after fire breaks out

8:55 pm on 22 October 2025

Dozens of guests and staff are being evacuated from a hotel in central Auckland tonight after fire broke out.

Fire and Emergency says the blaze happened in the laundry of the Cordis Hotel and has been contained by the sprinkler system.

Firefighters are helping people out of the multi-level building on Symonds Street.

There are no reports so far of anyone being injured.

Fire crews from Parnell, Balmoral, Grey Lynn, Auckland City and Ellerslie are at the scene.

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