About fifty firefighters, backed by about 15 fire appliances and tankers and four helicopters using monsoon buckets, today brought a fire under control which had been burning in grass and trees, in the Hakataramea Valley, 16kms northeast of Kurow.
Alerted to the fire, burning in a 6ha area, off Table Top Rd, at 3.54pm, firefighters continued to fight the fire yesterday evening, and then handed over control to the property owner, a Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesman said.
