"The fires that led to a whole village of about 3 000 people were evacuated on New Zealand's south east this weekend is moving away from inhabited areas. Residents of Wakefield may now return to their homes, but it predicts at the same time that the fires will rage for several weeks."
"fire Chief John Sutton says that even if the situation has become slightly better so continue, the fires to be unpredictable. He adds that it is too early to say that you have them under control."
"– Even if we have can have taken us past the worst of firefighters to fight the fire well into the month of march, " he says."
"Some residents in Wakefield have been informed that they can return to their homes already on Tuesday local time, but the state of emergency exists and may need to evacuate again."
"Huvudbranden is believed to have started accidentally in the farm equipment, the police believe, however, that a couple of the smaller fires is landscaped."
"No people are reported to have been damaged in the fires."