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Total ban as CHB fire risk soars
5 Feb, 2021 12:34 AM
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Waipukurau and Tametea Rural firefighters deal with a riverbed blaze surrounded by tinder-dry long grass
CHB Mail
Police Youth Aid is dealing with several young people after an unpermitted fire got away on them as they were toasting marshmallows on the Tukituki Rver Reserve behind Russell Park, Waipukurau, on Saturday afternoon.
The fire took hold amongst trees and dry grass on the river berm, with Waipukurau Volunteer Fire Brigade and Tamatea Rural Fire Brigade attending and swiftly dousing the flames.
John Freeman of the Tamatea Rural Fire Brigade said it was lucky that the wind was in the right drection, given the amount of long dry grass in the area.