Fire Road
Marlborough | New Zealand
Marlborough’s worst ever fire, Boxing Day 2000,
burnt 6,000 hectares (almost 15,000 acres), for for over three days,
killed thousands of stock and threatened the wine town of Blenheim,
as well as a number of vineyards and wineries. Disaster was avoided
by the brave residents, of what is now known as Fire Road, who
battled the blaze by using buckets and hand held hoses and were
eventually assisted by a fortunate wind shift. The Fire Road
vineyards flourish in the same hot and dry climate that was the
catalyst for such a mighty blaze.
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332-1995