There are fears that wildlife that calls exotic forest in Tangoio home may suffer as a result of a large forest fire in the area.
The fire started mid-morning Monday near Tangoio Settlement Rd, 24km north of Napier. At one stage on Tuesday, the fire was burning up to 350 hectares.
Hawke's Bay Bird and Wildlife Rescue spokeswoman Liv Flynn said the impact could not yet be analysed but there is a large amount of wildlife in the area.
Flynn said there were wild goats and pigs as well as a lot of bird life. Department of Conservation confirmed there were no rare species likely to be impacted.
Wildlife in the area faced health impacts and habitat loss, DoC operations manager for Hawke's Bay Jenny Nelson-Smith said.