A lightning strike caused a hay barn to bust into flames near Rotorua this afternoon.
Emergency services were called to a rural property on Paradise Valley Rd in the Ngongotaha Valley at 5.33pm where a 30 x 10m barn full of hay was burning fiercely, Fire Service northern communications centre shift manager Daniel Nicholson said.
Two fire appliances and two tankers from Rotorua were dispatched to put out the blaze.
About 20 minutes later, firefighters were called to a property on Edward Payton Drive in Rotorua where blocked guttering caused flooding in a residential property.