Pipiwai fire: Biggest blaze so far this summer '95 per cent contained'

Pipiwai fire: Biggest blaze so far this summer '95 per cent contained'
29 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern Advocatepeter.degraaf@northernadvocate.co.nznorthernadvocat
Firefighters were last night hoping to fully contain Northland's biggest fire so far this summer before the forecast onset of extreme fire conditions this weekend.
As of yesterday the Pipiwai Rd fire had razed just under 180ha of young pine forest. It was being fought by six helicopters using monsoon buckets and about 65 forestry and Department of Conservation workers on the ground.
Three bulldozers and two diggers were cutting fire breaks around the perimeter.

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