Fire and Emergency New Zealand is asking people not to light fires during lockdown, after brigades attended two fires in Invercargill on Tuesday night. READ MORE:* Cantabrians urged not to light outdoor fires during lockdown* Backyard burnoffs forcing firefighters out of their isolation bubbles“The thing is if someone gets called out they burst their bubbles, so it puts them at risk,’’ she said. Farmers and lifestyle block owners are also being asked to avoid lighting fires during lockdown, to reduce the risk to firefighters having to break their COVID bubbles responding to 111 calls from uneasy neighbours. "But we would like our firefighters to stay safe in their bubbles and not have to respond to avoidable fires just now," he said. We just ask that people do the right thing and hold off burning until we get out of lockdown."

Source: Stuff August 24, 2021 22:18 UTC