A Marlborough firefighter says he's "going in blind" as he's deployed to bushfires raging in Australia. Roland Mapp, who was flown to New South Wales on Sunday, was the third Marlborough firefighter deployed to Australia. BRYA INGRAM/STUFF Marlborough firefighter Roland Mapp is deployed to Australia on Sunday to help fight the Wildfires"It will be good to finally get over there," he said on Friday. It would be his first time fighting fires in Australia which was "a whole different ball game" to New Zealand fires, he said. Foley said Marlborough firefighter Chris Hayles flew to NSW on Thursday to take part in "air attacks".

Source: Stuff November 17, 2019 03:22 UTC