Egg Roads News Today

Today 10 fire crews (35 firefighters), supported by one digger, continue to work on extinguishing a vegetation fire at Nenthorne, near Middlemarch in Waitaki, Otago which started in the early hours of Monday 11 March. Two crews monitored the fireground ...

Fire controllers are hopeful all evacuated residents will be able to return home later on Tuesday.

Three households have self-evacuated as firefighters battle multiple wildfires in two rural areas of the Waitaki District.

Otago firefighters are tackling wildfires in two rural areas of the Waitaki District, which were both reported shortly after midnight. The first is in the Nenthorn Area, about 30km from Middlemarch, and the second fire is burning in the Earthquakes area ...

Multiple wildfires are raging in windy conditions in the rural Waitaki District, sending smoke as far away as Oamaru and forcing some residents to leave...