A helicopter was used to contain a scrub fire that started from a rubbish burnoff in Northland on Saturday.
The fire on Ranui Rd in Karetu, 10km east of Kawakawa, started about 1.30pm and quickly spread across a kikuyu grass paddock and down a gully in light breeze.
Paihia fire chief Rex Wilson said it took a helicopter and firefighters from Paihia, Kawakawa, Rawhiti, and Russell about 30 minutes to put the fire out.
He said the rural fire authority in the Far North would investigate the fire which started from a rubbish burnoff near a shed.
About 200 sq m were burnt.