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Came upon this scene last night. Very frightening for home owners evactuated on Gloaming Hill, Titahi Bay. A big loss for conservation too as the fire took out a huge area of regenerating forest in the Conservation area. The fire had the potential to sweep up a final hill into the residential area in the high winds.
Click to see the full panorama image detail. Gloaming Hill far left, yachts moored in Porirua Harbour centre, and lights of Plimmerton far right. 1.5km fire front at one stage. Teen charged with arson this morning.
UPDATE: Wellington’s DomPost newspaper has just licensed this image to run across a page tomorrow (23 Feb 2010). Keep an eye out.