Fire crews battle large blaze in Feilding pine shelterbelt

A fire in a pine shelterbelt was upgraded to a second alarm after stretching to 60m by 40m. Photo / NZME

Fire crews tackled a spreading fire in a pine shelter belt in Feilding on Tuesday evening.

A Fire and Emergency NZ shift manager said fire services were called to a vegetation fire on Lethbridge Rd about 5pm.

The callout was upgraded to a second alarm due to the size of the fire.

Crews from Feilding, Palmerston North and Manawatū brought two pumps, two tankers and four rural pumps to the incident.

“It was a vegetation fire of 60m by 40m.”

The fire started in a pine shelterbelt, he said.

Crews left after successfully putting out the fire.

Eva de Jong is a reporter for the Whanganui Chronicle covering health stories and general news. She began as a reporter in 2023.