Firemen winched onto ridge to fight blaze on bird sanctuary island

By Alan Tristram

Rural fire officers winched from a helicopter into dense bush have
succeed in preventing a potential disastrous blaze on Kapiti Island.

The blaze in an inaccessible area on a ridge at the southern end of the
island was first spotted from an aircraft flying over the bird sanctuary
early this afternoon...Read more http://www.kapitiindependentnews.net.nz/

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