Thames-Coromandel is now in a prohibited fire season
Thames-Coromandel is now in a prohibited fire season
20 December 2020
From eight o'clock this morning open fires are banned from Whangamata and Komata in the south to Port Jackson in the north, until further notice.
Principal Rural Fire Officer Matt Cook says Thames-Coromandel is very popular with summer tourists and Fire and Emergency wants to reduce the risk of potential wildfires as much as possible.
He says even more people are likely to travel to the area this summer, and they need to know lighting a bonfire or setting off a firework is not allowed.
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