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    Firefighters battling wildfires in Waitaki will be aided by the weather today

    Firefighters battling wildfires in Waitaki will be aided by the weather today


    A 20-hectare blaze is burning in a rural area near Duntroon, while fire crews battle three separate fires in Middlemarch - about 150-kilometres away.

    They were both reported shortly after midnight.

    Yesterday northerlies averaged 30-kilometres an hour, and temperatures reached 23 degrees in Waitaki.

    MetService meteorologist Surprise Mhlongo says spots of rain are expected this morning, before a front passes through.

    © 2024 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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