A huge forestry fire near the Central Hawke's Bay village of Pōrangahau in October took weeks to extinguish. Photo: Supplied
More total fire bans on open air fires have been put in place for parts of Hawkes Bay.
They apply to the Southern Hawke's Bay Coast and Porangahau zones of Hawke's Bay.
Fire and Emergency's district manager Tony Kelly said the new prohibited fire season zones will join the Ahuriri-Heretaunga and Tukituki East zones of Hawke's Bay, which are already in a prohibited fire season.
"There is also no rainfall forecast for the coming weeks, which means the risk of a fire starting and getting out of control has become too great."
During a prohibited fire season, no fires are allowed in the open and all fire permits are suspended.
Hawke's Bay's Tararua East zone is also moving into a restricted fire season from today.
Kelly said that meant anyone who wanted to light an open-air fire will need to obtain a permit.
"This area has also seen consistently warm days and not much rain, and this is set to continue."
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