Helicopters and fire crews have been called to an “aggressive” scrub fire on the northern fringe of Taup\u014d.<\/p>\n
An eyewitness told 1News the blaze started as a small brush fire in a paddock before westerly winds took hold.<\/p>\n
“Now it’s an aggressive fire, smoke so intense and covered the Taup\u014d arterial expressway.”<\/p>\n
The witness said traffic was being diverted.<\/p>\n
Fire and Emergency NZ said crew were called to a scrub fire at 2.24pm.<\/p>\n
Fire and Emergency NZ said crews, including two helicopters, were called to a scrub fire at 2.24pm on Monday. (Source: Supplied)<\/p>\n
“On arrival they found, a fire that was 150m in length, threatening a building in Tauhara,” a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
“Six fire trucks, two water tanks, and two helicopters are working to cut off the spread and extinguish the fire.”<\/p>\n
Police urged the public to keep away from Broadlands Rd in Tauhara as services worked to contain the fire. <\/p>\n
“Conditions are very windy and dry, with emergency services actively working at the scene to bring the fire under control. <\/p>\n
“Please delay travel or to stay clear of Broadlands Rd to East Taupo Arterial \/ State Highway 1.<\/p>\n
Broadlands Rd to Miro St was closed to facilitate safe points for emergency services to work from and traffic management was in place.<\/p>\n
Police continue to urge the public and motorists to avoid the area.<\/p>\n
The wind was currently at 15 knots, or just under 30km\/h, Fire and Emergency added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Helicopters and fire crews have been called to an “aggressive” scrub fire on the northern fringe of Taup\u014d.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":585567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9001,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-585566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-hamilton-waikato","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}