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 ...
Otago firefighters have now fully contained both vegetation fires in the Waitaki District, and they continue to work to extinguish hotspots. Residents who self-evacuated from the Nenthorn fire near Middlemarch last night are not yet able to return as ...
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 ...