Whangarei burn-off causes scrub fire

An area of 200m sq is ablaze. Photo / File

Fire crews are tackling a scrub fire northeast of Whangarei.

The Fire Service was called to the blaze at Ngungaru just after 10am.

An area of around one hundred by two hundred metres is on fire, after a controlled burn-off got out of hand.

Three fire trucks are there.