Fires caused by fireworks burn into New Year's Day

Fires caused by fireworks burn into New Year's DayA helicopter with a monsoon bucket tackling the Marahau fire, seen from the Old Macdonald's Farm Holiday Park. (Source: 1News)Firefighters spent New Year's Eve and into today tackling fires around the country thought to be caused by fireworks. Fire and Emergency NZ (FENZ) said it responded to more than 40 111 calls about fires caused by fireworks, bonfires and campfires between 9.30pm last night and 2.30am this morning. In Auckland's Kelston, there was a fire close to a house, reportedly caused by fireworks. There was also a fire on the roof of a Palmerston North building, and seats were "ablaze" in a park, both reportedly caused by fireworks.