UPDATED: Fire fighters responded to reports of a scrub fire which turned out to be a controlled vegetation burn on Cambridge Road.
Emergency services responded to reports of the fire around 3pm this afternoon in Tauranga.
A Tauranga fire station shift manager said the controlled burn was on a private property and the owner had the fire under control.
Emergency services were no longer needed and were dismissed.
EARLIER: Emergency services have been called out to a report of a scrub fire in Tauranga this afternoon.
