A loose wheel sparked a large scrub fire near Clyde yesterday, Fire and Emergency New Zealand says. Early investigations showed a wheel broke free from a southbound trailer on State Highway 8. Helicopters were called to help put out the fire, which scorched a field near the Clyde cemetery yesterday evening. Fire burns on a hillside behind a building at the western end of the Otago Central Rail Trail near Clyde yesterday. Police were controlling traffic along State Highway 8 but the road was not closed.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 11, 2017 16:08 UTC