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8 Dec 2025 11:01
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  •   Home > News > Accident and Emergency

    Five fire crews and two helicopters have contained a vegetation fire in North Canterbury

    Five fire crews and two helicopters have contained a vegetation fire in North Canterbury


    A burn pile near Broomfield ignited a paddock and nearby hedge.

    No structures are caught up in the fire, but firefighters will monitor the scene overnight.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

     Other Accident and Emergency News
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     07 Dec: About 75 properties are without power in the Bay of Plenty town of Te Puna - after a vehicle crashed into a power pole around 7.30 this morning
     07 Dec: The Department of Conservation's accused a handful of Tongariro Alpine Crossing shuttle operators of putting trampers at risk
     06 Dec: Multiple homes have been destroyed near major urban centres as fires rip through bushland in tinderbox, heatwave-fuelled conditions
     06 Dec: The search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is about to resume, 11 years after the plane disappeared in 2014 on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing
     06 Dec: A four-vehicle crash is bringing weekend traffic to a halt in Auckland's central city - with one man believed to have been trapped
     06 Dec: Two people have been left injured, one seriously, after a two-vehicle crash in North Canterbury's Amberley just after 10am
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