Source: Radio New Zealand
The previous South Mole blaze, photographed on 25 January 2026. Supplied/ Facebook
Firefighters in Whanganui are working at the scene of a scrub fire which has flared up twice in a week.
Crews battled the six-hectare fire at the Whanganui South Mole last Sunday and Monday.
Fire and emergency shift manager Alison Munn said a smaller, 20m by 20m fire flared up in the same location on Thursday night.
Crews were called about 7.30pm, contained the fire by 9.30pm and stayed onsite until 11.45pm.
Munn said firefighters from Whanganui, Palmerston North and Kohi were now going through the burnt area checking for any hotspots.
She said four trucks were at the scene, and crews were doing “hard, physical dirty work” to make sure there was no heat source left in the area.
“They are doing a very thorough check of the area.”
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