23 Jan 2018

130 hectare blaze still burning at Tiwai Point

From Checkpoint, 6:23 pm on 23 January 2018

The aluminium smelter at Tiwai Point was severely threatened overnight by a large scrub fire which burned to within a few hundred metres. It is contained, but is being closely monitored.

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