A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
Firefighters made it in time to stop a potentially serious fire taking hold at a scrap metal yard in Banks Street in the industrial subdivision on Monday morning.
Fire and Emergency NZ sent crews to the property at around 11.30am.
“It was started as a result of some hot metalworkinvolving a gas cutting torch, with sparks setting light to a trail of fuel that ignited and spread to vehicles stacked in the yard,” a senior firefighter said.
“We used a couple of hose reels to tackle it, and had it out before it could take hold.
“It was lucky the crews were able to get it under control so quickly,” he said.
