Nine fires in the Bay of Plenty were likely linked to fireworks this weekend. Photo / NZME
Firefighters were kept busy with Guy Fawkes over the weekend.
There were nine probable fireworks-related callouts in the Bay of Plenty, with all but one being overnight last night, a Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesman said.
He said the callouts included people lighting fireworks from a
vehicle in Rotorua causing a grass fire, and a small garden fire in Whakatāne.
He said there was also a hedge on fire in Tauranga as well as a fire in the sand dunes at Pāpāmoa Beach which was possibly caused by fireworks.
The spokesman did not have the details for all the incidents.
