5 Feb 2021

Number of scrub fires near Dunedin

5:46 pm on 5 February 2021

Firefighters near Dunedin are busy battling a number of grass fires.

A grass fire between Queenstown and Arrowtown has been tackled.

Photo: Photo / AFP

While mopping up one fire at Waipori Falls, south of Dunedin, firefighters were alerted to smoke from a scrub fire on Taieri Ferry Road - about 25km to the east.

Two helicopters have been called to assist there.

Firefighters are also battling a scrub fire on Otago Peninsula which is encroaching on pine trees.

No houses are believed to be under threat at present.