Firefighters and helicopters still battling landfill blaze near Whangārei - News Summed Up

Firefighters and helicopters still battling landfill blaze near Whangārei


A video showing the scale of the blaze at a landfill site in Portland near Whangarei. A video captured by Auckland resident Josh Russell captures the scale of a large landfill fire near Whangarei on Saturday. Firefighters and four helicopters with monsoon buckets are still battling the blaze near Whangārei and Fire and Emergency NZ have warned locals to stay indoors. SUPPLIED Smoke billows up from a landfill fire south of Whangarei as a helicopter prepares to drop water on the blaze. Email newstips@stuff.co.nzFirefighters from Portland, Whangārei, Marsden Point, and Onerahi are at the scene at the Puwera Landfill in Portland, with further fire trucks responding from Hikurangi.


Source: Stuff January 25, 2020 03:43 UTC



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