Popular Greerton restaurant catches fire
Fire and Emergency Services respond to a fire at Castle 91 Restaurant and Takeaway on Cameron Rd, Greerton. Photo/Supplied.
'Much-loved' Tauranga Indian restaurant Castle 91 caught fire this afternoon.
Firefighters were called to the Greerton Village restaurant today at 3.09pm, Fire and Emergency NZ Northern shift manager Michael Anderson said.
He said the Fire and Emergency received multiple calls about a fire in a building used as a
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