A scrub fire as big as a three-bedroom home blazed in Ohauiti this afternoon.
Fire fighters were called to the fire stretching about 100m sq on Ohauiti Rd about 1.30pm.
Greerton fire service senior station officer Steve Wright said the blaze was heading towards a shelterbelt but fire fighters managed to contain it in time.
No one was hurt in the blaze and there was no major damage beyond the vegetation damage, he said.
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