Bamboo fire doused

A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.

Firefighters were called to Waikirikiri Park in Tyndall Road, Kaiti, late yesterday after a small fire started in undergrowth under a stand of bamboo.

Fire and Emergency NZ sent a couple of appliances to the incident at around 11.20am.

“It was believed to have been started by children playing in the area,” a senior firefighter told The Herald.

“It was only a smouldering fire, covering about 10 square metres.”

The fire crews used hose reels and foam to extinguish it.