Fire at Exhibition. The first outbreak of fire in the Centennial exhibition after its opening' occurred in a fish and chips stall in Flayland two hours after the gates were opened to the public. A gas jet blew back on some woodwork, which was* ignited. The exhibition lire brigade sent its engine to the stall, which is near the cabaret, and extinguished the . flames wif;h bucket pumps. The woodwork of the building and the floor were damaged and the stall has been put out of business temporarily. While the fire engine station at the exhibition was attending the fire it was replaced at 1 the station b} r one from the Wellington South station. Other outbreaks of fires have happened in the exhibition since the brigade was established there, the most recent being in the assembly hall on Saturdav.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 90, 20 November 1939, Page 8
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