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Fire and Emergency Response Coordinator Brian Keown says that in most of rural Canterbury the underlying fire danger remains high and the amount of rain currently forecast for coastal areas may not change that.
Firefighters expect to have the fire at Kirwee extinguished this afternoon, with the plan to hand the site back to the landowners when this milestone is achieved. Incident Commander Brian Keown says over the last two days firefighters have continued .
Fire and Emergency crews have been working very hard overnight to extinguish and dampen down hotspots within the fire area. There are two crews on site today continuing to monitor and extinguish the fire. There are several areas of deep-seated burning .