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Your checklist

  • Get low

    Smoke is poisonous and more deadly than flames.

    If you breathe smoke for more than a few breaths it can kill you.

  • Be fast

    A house fire can kill you in less than three minutes.

    Don't spend time trying to save possessions.

  • Close doors

    A closed door buys you time.

    It slows down the spread of fire, giving you more time to get to safety.

  • Get out - stay out!

    People have died by going back into a fire.

    Don't leave the meeting place to go back inside for any reason.

Call emergency services as soon as you are out and safe. Ask for FIRE.

Clearly state your address and let the operator know it anyone is still inside or has not made it to the safe meeting place.

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Fire & Emergency New Zealand

Black Jack Road vegetation fire update #4

Black Jack Road vegetation fire update #4

12 January 2025

Crews are now standing down for the evening at the Black Jack Road fire but helicopters will remain operating until 6.30pm.

Crews will be back on site from 6am tomorrow and three helicopters will start work on the fire at 6.30am.

Shane Bromley, Incident Controller, says the crews did a great job on the fire today and it is now contained and under control.

“Crews extinguished hot spots on the east of the fire, but there are still active hot spots to the west of the fire, which will be the focus for operations tomorrow.”

Black Jack Road will be open overnight but is likely to be closed tomorrow when operations start again in the morning.

Fire and Emergency is also reminding locals to not use the walking track that goes through the fireground (shown in the yellow dotted line in the map).

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