Suspicious fire
A fire that burnt a small building the ground in Whakapara is being treated as suspicious. A fire communications spokesman said two crews from the Hikurangi Fire Brigade were called to Russell Rd about 1am yesterday to a 5m by 5m building. Police and a fire investigator attended the scene.
Empty-chute alert
A parachute without the skydiver sparked a police callout in Whangarei yesterday. Whangarei police senior sergeant Cliff Metcalfe said a man jumping out of a plane in Onerahi cut his main chute after having problems with it and used a reserve shoot to jump. The drifting main chute prompted concerned members of the public to call police. The skydiver landed safely.
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