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People advised to close doors and windows due to large landfill fire in Whangārei

January 25, 2020
Landfill fire, Puwera.

Landfill fire, Puwera. (Source: Supplied)

People have been advised to close doors and windows due to a large landfill fire in Whangārei this afternoon.

Around 2.30pm Fire and Emergency NZ received multiple calls to reports of smoke in the vicinity of Puwera, Whangārei.

Brigades from Portland, Whangārei, Marsden Point, and Onerahi are in attendance at fire at the Puwera Landfill in Portland, with further fire trucks responding from Hikurangi.

Fire and Emergency are advising people to avoid the area and keep doors and windows closed.

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