Town car fire callout Te Puke Fire Report

• Published date: 18 April 2024
• Author: Te Puke Fire Chief Dale Lindsay
• Publication title: Te Puke Times

There have been 10 calls in the past fortnight

Of those, two were false alarms, two were to motor vehicle crashes where no extrication was required, and three were to fires, including a car fire outside Super Liquor on April 6.

We also had two medical calls, both sadly fatal.

One of these at Te Matai Rd also created a call for the Whangamatā truck to respond, so we assume there is an identical address in their area.

We also had a call to a horse stuck in the estuary off Bethlehem Rd in Tauranga. Our rescue truck responded to assist Tauranga trucks with personnel. After about an hour the horse was freed without any apparent ill-effects.

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