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Strong winds in Hawke's Bay are creating challenging conditions for fire crews battling several bush fires near Porangahau, with air operations now suspended for the rest of the day.
The aerial operation to put out three large bush fires near Porangahau was suspended at 10am this morning, after only three hours of dousing the flames.
Nick Bradshaw is one of four pilots who were dumping water on a 240 hectare fire, and told RNZ they arrived at 6:30am and it was very windy.
"It was not very favourable at all for flying.
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