Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand
Fire and Emergency New Zealand crews are back on Tiwai Peninsula in Invercargill today, where the large vegetation fire has not grown further overnight.
The fire grew to 1,200 hectares yesterday in hot, windy conditions but was contained by the end of the day.
Incident Controller Hamish Angus says there will be 35 firefighters on site today, with support from five helicopters, the Department of Conservation and local forestry companies.
“Our focus today is on knocking out those remaining hotspots,” he says.
“We’re expecting winds to pick up over the next few days, so we want to make sure there’s nothing left here that could get the fire under way again.
“It’s too early to say what caused the fire, but we will have fire investigators here today looking into that.”
