Firefighters have managed to stop a large bush fire on Auckland's North Shore from threatening three or four homes.
Fire and Emergency were alerted to a fire in trees and thick bush near Okura River Rd about 2.20pm today.
Colin Underdown, shift manager for Northern communications, said there was no longer a threat to the three or four homes down a long right of way on East Cost Rd that backed onto the area of bush on fire.
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