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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