Firefighters who continue to battle a now under-control Porangahau fire have a warning to public heading into the summer months.
Crews were alerted about 8.40pm on Monday night to the blaze on a forestry block stretches about 15 kilometres along Wimbledon Rd, right on the border between Central Hawke's Bay and Tararua.
They found it was too dangerous to have crews attend and requested helicopter assistance.
Crews managed to get down to the site on Tuesday morning and managed to get the fire under control but remained at the scene to manage the blaze.
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