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Nelson councillor details harrowing reality of horror blaze
"It's no exaggeration to say that today Nelson felt like it was under attack."
"It's no exaggeration to say that today Nelson felt like it was under attack."
Prohibited activities include those where metal meets stone and that can generate sparks.
Terry Coleman isn't sure if he'll have a home to go back to.
Loo roll in the changing room, cornflakes in the bar:The clubroom-turned-free supermarket.
Online petition pushing for man fighting Nelson blaze to be spared.
Police are seeking information as they continue to investigate the two fires.
"We remind people that the safety of the public and their properties is the priority."
It's not exciting, it's not glamorous and it's certainly not easy.
Nearly 900 properties were evacuated in the Wakefield area on Friday.
Affected residents speak about being evacuated and helping out on the home front.
Rain in the Nelson region is unlikely as firefighters work furiously to control the fires.
James Eric Hiroki and Carey Raymond Leask will be sentenced on March 22.
A second fire has broken out in Walter's Bluff, in Nelson.
Nelson residents are being evacuated following a second fire.
Nelson has already felt 15 days of "very high" or "extreme" fire danger this year.
Tasman district fire forces some Wakefield residents to be evacuated - councillor
They were told it wasn't safe but they couldn't leave the pigs trapped inside a pen.
Warm day, light winds but no rain forecast today for Tasman fire zone
Wakefield residents have been warned they may need to flee during the night.
More evacuations underway as a result of Pigeon Valley Fire as winds, humidity increase.
"It was like a big mushroom. It was quite spectacular."
Resident woke at 3am to check on the fire and saw 'looter' lurking around.
It is another sunny day for the tinder dry Tasman region with rain likely a week away.
An additional 40 or so officers have been sent to help those in the Tasman district.
Redwood Valley evacuee describes property damage from Tasman district fire
Tasman forest fire destroys homes in Redwood Valley - councillor
The Tasman councillor could not believe what he saw.
Fire evacuee tells of homes being destroyed by Tasman district fire
This morning a civil defence emergency was declared in the Tasman Region