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Hutt City fire manager Alan Thomson says the nine New Zealanders sent to the United States to fight bushfires have all been sent to Butte County in northern California.
Another 31 Australians have gone to fire lines and command centres in Mendocino, Shasta and Trinity counties.
Mr Thomson is serving as the New Zealand liaison officer at the fire incident command centre at the town's Silver Dollar Fairgrounds.
