Fire and Emergency was called just before 3:20pm to a building on fire at the facility.

Four fire trucks, two water tankers, one ladder truck and a command unit are now at the scene.

Corrections says the incident is has ended.

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17 Aug: A plethora of improvement areas for Waikato heading into this afternoon's NPC rugby outing against Counties Manukau in Hamilton

17 Aug: Waikato are wary of some big name personnel in the Counties Manukau ranks ahead of this afternoon's NPC rugby fixture in Hamilton

17 Aug: Corrections is carrying out a review after eleven inmates at Spring Hill Prison rioted and started fires in the exercise yard - prompting a lockdown

16 Aug: A half-century for Taranaki in rugby's NPC as the Bulls roared home with the points over Auckland, at a sodden Eden Park ... on Gold Sport

16 Aug: To provincial rugby ... on Gold Sport ..

16 Aug: To provincial rugby ... Tasman lead their hosts Northland 21-nil at halftime in their NPC clash in Whangarei, the Mako scoring three unanswered converted tries

15 Aug: State Highway 5 is closed south of Rotorua, after a petrol tanker rolled in the Whakarewarewa area, leaving one person dead

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