Firefighters extinguished a large grass fire in Puketapu on Saturday afternoon.
A Fire and Emergency NZ spokesperson said firefighters were called to the grass fire off Puketitiri Rd in Puketapu just after noon, and it took about two hours to contain the blaze.
Firefighters remained at the scene until late afternoon dampening down hot spots.
Smoke from the fire was visible from Napier during the incident.
No-one was injured and no buildings were damaged. The exact cause was not known.
Third place for Hawke’s Bay steeplechaser in the US
US-based Hawke’s Bay runner George Beamish signed off an unforgettable debut season as a senior steeplechaser by claiming third place in the men’s 3000 metres steeplechase at the Diamond League World athletics series in Eugene, Oregon.
On a boiling hot afternoon at Hayward Field (Sunday morning NZ time), and further establishing claims as a 2024 Olympics medal prospect, Beamish, complete with baseball cap, sat in mid-pack through 1000m before advancing to sixth – albeit 20m or so off the pace at the front – at two thirds distance.
Having earlier focusd on flat middle-distance events and in his first senior season in steeplechase racing, the 26-year-old’s blistering kick-finish powered him around the final lap to storm home for a memorable third place in 8min 14.01sec - within a second of the 8:13.26 with which he broke a 39-year-old New Zealand record at a Diamond League meeting in Monaco in July.
Kenyan Simon Koech won in 8:06.26.
Dirt bike crash Central Hawke’s Bay
One person was flown to hospital after falling off a dirt bike on Pourerere Beach Rd, Aramoana - in Central Hawke’s Bay - about 12.30pm on Saturday.
The person was transported to hospital via helicopter with suspected moderate injuries.
On Sunday, the male patient was in a stable condition in Hawke’s Bay Hospital and was due to undergo surgery on his foot.
