Firefighters have brought a 600m bush blaze in Auckland’s Kawakawa Bay under control with two crews scheduled to stay on site.
Josh Pennefather, from the Fire Emergency New Zealand (Fenz), said firefighters were called out to “vegetation fire” on Kawakawa Bay Coast Rd shortly after 1pm today.
Six firetrucks from surrounding stations, as well as three water tankers and two helicopters were called to the scene to extinguish the blaze near Raukura Point, Pennefather said.
The fire had measured 400m by 600m on steep terrain but is now 85 per cent contained, said a Fenz spokesperson.
