Ahipara fire: Firefighters work to dampen hotspots as residents return
31 Dec, 2020 05:00 AM
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Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern Advocatepeter.degraaf@northernadvocate.co.nznorthernadvocat
About 30 firefighters are continuing to work in sweltering conditions to dampen down hotspots at the Ahipara fire.
The blaze, which started on the evening of December 29 on a ridge above town in the Gumfields Historic Reserve, swept through 56ha of scrub and bush and forced the evacuation of up to 100 homes.
It was 90 per cent contained by mid-morning on December 30 when the number of helicopters in use was reduced from six to three.
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Flames as high as 40m burst out of a massive bush fire burning near Ahipara in the Far North district on Tuesday evening.
Video / Northland Rei / Alan Ting Walker / Erica Hinckson
Flames as high as 40m burst out of a massive bush fire burning near Ahipara in the Far North district on Tuesday evening.
Video / Northland Rei / Alan Ting Walker / Erica Hinckson
NZ Herald
A helicopter is being borrowed from the Ahipara firefight to help put out a blaze near Kaitaia this afternoon.
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Ahipara fire under control, evacuated residents still not allowed to return home
29 Dec, 2020 09:13 PM
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Far North Mayor John Carter says the fire in Ahipara, which forced the evacuation of about 100 houses last night, is a warning about just how dry Northland is. This is a warning to us. Fortunately we ve got away without loss of life, loss of property or injury, but every resident and every visitor to Northland has a responsibility to make sure this sort of thing doesn t happen again. It s a massive warning.
The fire has burnt through 56ha of scrub and native bush.