Firefighters working to keep a massive fire that tore through conservation land near Middlemarch contained managed to quickly extinguish a flare up last night. "We have five helicopters and ground responding to remote areas to help mop up on edges where water is not available." "Along with the helicopters and ground crew we have heavy machinery on standby." Helicopters and ground crew were quickly deployed early last night and quickly extinguished a small flare up. With winds expected to pick up this afternoon Fenz had teams ready to deploy if there were any further flare ups.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 13, 2019 19:57 UTC