Six helicopters and four ground crews are fighting a
vegetation fire at Awarua south of Invercargill, which began
yesterday evening.
Incident Controller Mark Mawhinney
says the fire is burning mainly on Department of
Conservation land, in about 1000 hectares of manuka scrub
and peat soils.
The fire was reported about 5.30pm on
Saturday and is not yet contained.
Fire
and Emergency will be carrying out an investigation into the
cause of the fire. In the meantime, the public is asked to
stay away from Awarua
Bay.
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