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The Marlborough South zone will move from a prohibited fire season to a restricted fire season from 8am Wednesday 1 May, until further notice. This includes all Department of Conservation land.
Sightseers are blocking emergency crews bringing equipment in, as well as locals trying to get belongings out.
The fire at Lee Valley is now considered contained and controlled. Incident Controller Steve Trigg says 20 firefighters will continue working throughout Sunday, but there will be a gradual scaling back of crews over the next few days. 'We saw an increase ...
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