Fire emergency services have been called to a building fire.

Northern Fire Communications shift manager Hayley Saunders said multiple calls were received about 4pm regarding a building fire in Tauranga South.

The building is in a group of shops along Cameron Road west, between 16th and 17th Avenues, near Tauranga Hospital.

Fire emergency services were called out to a Cameron Road structure fire incident on Tuesday afternoon. Photo/Rosalie Liddle Crawford.

“The crew located a fire on the second floor and extinguished it,” Saunders said.

“We have now left the scene.”

Two fire trucks and crews from the Greerton and Tauranga brigades attended the fire.

Fire emergency support vehicle. Photo/Rosalie Liddle Crawford.

A Fire and Emergency NZ hose layer support vehicle was also present, parking in the large car park next to the old Wild Earth Organics building.

“A fire investigator has also attended the scene and has since left,” Saunders said.

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