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Huge Chatham Islands fire finally contained

Author
Daniel Walker,
Publish Date
Tue, 6 Feb 2018, 12:40PM
About 2000ha of bush on Chatham Island is burning out of control. (Photo: New Zealand Defence Force)
About 2000ha of bush on Chatham Island is burning out of control. (Photo: New Zealand Defence Force)

Huge Chatham Islands fire finally contained

Author
Daniel Walker,
Publish Date
Tue, 6 Feb 2018, 12:40PM

UPDATED 4.24pm: Firefighters have contained a massive blaze that has been burning for five days on the Chatham Islands.

Two helicopters and fire crews have had another big day tackling the burn.

About three-thousand hectares of private land has been left blackened by the blaze, which is just a kilometre away from a DOC reserve.

A fire investigator has been sent to the island to determine the cause.

 

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