The fire near the Whanganui suburb of Castlecliff could be seen across several suburbs late on Sunday night.
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Firefighters are battling a scrub fire near the Whanganui River mouth, that is visible across much of the city.
It comes after a day in which firefighters have battled a bushfire that sent up clouds of smoke on Auckland’s Mt Wellington maunga, and as buildings burned in a busy Onehunga street.
Emergency services were called to the South Mole at Whanganui’s port at 8pm Sunday evening.
Just before 10pm, Fire and Emergency said the blaze had reached across an area about 500 by 200 meters
Three rural fire crews were working at the blaze.
There was no reports of property damage.
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