firefighters NZ
Firefighters busy through night
04 December 2004
published by http://tvnz.co.nz
Dec 4, 2004
About 40 firefighters have worked through the night to contain a major forest fire south of Nelson.
The blaze at Wairoa Gorge has destroyed up to 150 hectares of pine forest.
Fire crews have spent the night preparing a firebreak and dampening down hotspots, but there are fears strong winds could cause the blaze to flare up again.
In West Auckland, more than 50 firefighters battled a blaze which gutted a workshop in Scenic Drive. Explosions, thought to have been caused by gas cylinders, hampered efforts to control the fire.
A bomb threat at a house fire forced the closure of State Highway One and the main trunk railway line around Ngaruawahia in North Waikato overnight.
And investigations are underway into a fire which damaged a building at Brentwood School in Upper Hutt.
