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Waiouru fire eases in rain, but crews are still fighting
Rain and lower winds have reduced active burning at the military training area, but Tuesday’s update did not declare containment. Conflicting area figures also leave the fire’s definitive extent unresolved.
Wat we eerst wisten
- About 230 hectares—2.3 square kilometres—had burned at the Waiouru Military Training Area by Monday afternoon, according to a Defence Force estimate reported by 1News. By Tuesday afternoon, light rain and lower winds were helping firefighters, but the blaze that returned after being thought extinguished was still being brought under control.
