Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller
Fire and Emergency say lightning lightning strikes may have caused a vegetation fire in Martinborough this afternoon.
Fire crews from Martinborough, Carterton and Featherston were called to a pair of fires - near Weld Street - shortly after 2pm.
A FENZ spokesperson said the fire took up a 150 by 4 metre stretch of grassland and they expected it will be brought under control.
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