A controlled burn in Palmerston North trains firefightersWarwick Smith/Stuff A Palmerston North house is burnt to the ground, for a good reason. Defence Force firefighters were put through their paces when a two-storey building went up in smoke and the thermometer soared to record levels. A house on Railway Rd, Palmerston North, was burned to a cinder on Saturday in a training exercise with Fire and Emergency New Zealand. Training officer Chris Kennedy said the burn was great training for the 20 New Zealand Defence Force firefighters involved. WARWICK SMITH/STUFF Fire and Emergency NZ burns down a house as training for 20 Defence Force firefighters.

Source: Stuff December 10, 2017 22:30 UTC