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Scrub fire brought under control

Residents near Queenstown, whose homes were threatened by a massive scrub fire, have been allowed back into their houses as firefighters bring the blaze under control.

The fire, on DOC land about 11 kilometres out of Queenstown, forced the evacuation of over 100 people. It was fanned by strong north-westerly winds and threatened about 50 homes.

Evacuee Brian McMillan says the neighbourhood grapevine worked well when the call to evacuate came.

"My neighbours were very kind and rang me and then we started a bit of a ring around to make sure everyone else was awake," says McMillan.

"We're just watching this fire get closer and closer to the house and the wind direction doesn't look that good for it at the moment," evacuee Jimmy Truelove said in the early hours of Thursday morning.

There was little firefighters could do overnight because of the high winds and darkness and round 60 hectares of scrub has burned.

The fire surrounded two million homes but left them untouched and in some cases scorched lawns just metres from houses.

Ground crews and helicopters are working to dampen down hot spots and are being aided by rain falling in the area.

A joint fire and police investigation is underway into the cause of the fire.

Police are not speculating on what started the fire, but some residents are blaming fireworks. Detective Sergeant Tim Johnston says fireworks were found in a lay-by on the Glenorchy road near where the fire started.

Source: RNZ/One News


c'etais la version des news du soir et peut de temps apres le fermier a ete interviewe par "mountain scene" (le papier local)
et a deballe son sac.

les DOC avaient donne le feu vert et des pompiers etaient present lors de l'allumage, mais le feu c developpe qd meme.


franchement, plus ca va et plus je remarque que les kiwis de
'QTN sont vraiment des branleurs! tout le monde s'accorde a dire que ca a toujours ete comme ca et que ca changera pas de sitot!

arvi'pa
fanfkiwi

Le fameux Mountain scene, ça c'est du journal. Surtout la rubrique rapport de la police...

Sinon c'est vers le site de bloc que ça a brûlé non ?
C'est moche