Wild weather bringing heavy rain and strong winds pummelled the Bay of Plenty overnight. Photo / File
Wild weather wreaked havoc overnight in the Bay of Plenty, including an emergency call out to a tree that had fallen on to a car.
A Fire and Emergency New Zealand shift manager said the tree came down on State Highway 33 in Paengaroa just after 7pm. The road was
cleared by Maketu firefighters using a chainsaw. No one was inside the vehicle at the time.
Powerlines also came down in Ngamotu Rd in Taupō about 6.30pm, but it was believed a car may have hit a power pole. However, no car was located when the fire crew arrived on the scene, she said.
A tree also came down in hit an unoccupied parked car in Rambler Drive, Whakatāne, at 1.30am today.
Mount Maunganui Fire Brigade was also called to a car fire in Ranch Rd, Mount Maunganui at just after 2am.
