Queenstown — Firefighters are battling a large fire in central Queenstown this afternoon.




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Peter Hodge
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Queenstown — Firefighters are battling a large fire in central Queenstown this afternoon.
By
Peter Hodge
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Queenstown — A fire ban will apply across the Queenstown Lakes District from midnight Friday 6 January 2012, Queenstown Lakes District Council principal rural fire officer Gordon Bailey said.
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Oamaru — In 2010 the Waitaki Rural Fire Authority decided it needed to retire a 30 year old tanker that was struggling to gain a Certificate of Fitness for continued use so a 10,000 litre water tanker was purchased from Auckland Truck Sales second hand.
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Dunedin — Dunedin Police are seeking information about the arson of a vehicle in the city's Kaikorai Valley Road.
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Balclutha — At about 2.30am on Sunday the 14th of November 2010 Police and Fire emergency services were called to the Arson of a utility shed on an empty section in Water Street, Kaitangata.
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Otago — The Otago Regional Council (ORC) is reminding landowners that having an outdoor fire permit for an autumn burnoff does not allow them to burn indiscriminately and without regard for the environment.
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Dunedin — With the ashes of all Guy Fawkes night bonfires thoroughly doused, Civil Defence and Rural Fires have turned their thoughts to the next round of bonfire applications.
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Omarama — The Omarama Volunteer Fire Brigade has completed its much-anticipated storage building to house equipment used in emergency call-outs.
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Arrowtown — The Arrowtown Volunteer Fire Brigade is holding an open day and an educational initiative on Sunday 4th October from 12 noon till 3pm.
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Otago — Waitaki District Council’s Fire Authority would like to remind residents that a ‘Restricted Fire Season’ exists at present and also a reminder that the Waitaki District Council’s Urban Fire Prevention Bylaw came into effect on Wednesday 1 July 2009.
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Balclutha — Clutha District Council has decommissioned its Lawrence-based 1961 Land Rover Fire Appliance from active rural fire service and donated the vehicle to the Tuapeka Vintage Club.
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Oamaru — Waitaki District Council’s Urban Fire Prevention Bylaw comes into effect from Wednesday 1 July 2009.
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Wanaka — Wanaka Police have arrested a 33 year old Wanaka man for lighting fires in Telecom junction boxes in Wanaka.
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Wanaka — Police are investigating several suspected arsons in Wanaka where Telecom roadside cabinets containing Telecom equipment have been damaged.
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Wanaka — The Queenstown Lakes District Council plans to take a prosecution for a fire on Wanaka’s Ruby Island on Friday.
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Wanaka — A fire on Lake Wanaka’s Ruby Island today was quickly brought under control thanks to a quick response, Queenstown Lakes District Council principal rural fire officer Gordon Bailey said.
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Otago — A new bylaw giving Queenstown Lakes District Council better control over fire nuisance takes effect from September 1, 2008, said Queenstown Lakes District Council principal rural fire officer Gordon Bailey.
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Otago — The most likely cause of the Wye Creek fire, which was first detected on March 16, was from embers deposited by traction engines that were travelling along the highway at the time, the National Rural Fire Authority Fire Investigation Report has found.
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Otago — Anyone applying for a rural fire permit will now need to make application to the Queenstown Lakes District Council, QLDC principal rural fire officer Gordon Bailey said.
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Kingston — At 5pm this evening the vegetation fire burning 25km south of Queenstown appeared to be back under control, QLDC principal rural fire chief Gordon Bailey said.
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Kingston — As of midday today the vegetation fire burning 25km south of Queenstown continued to be ‘well involved’ on the southern fire-front, QLDC principal rural fire chief Gordon Bailey said.
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Kingston — A vegetation fire burning 25km south of Queenstown is now believed to have burned in excess of 1000 hectares.
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