Several houses and a resthome are being evacuated in Taupō as a vegetation fire threatens properties.
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File photo. Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller
Police are asking people to avoid Rickit Street, near the wastewater treatment plant and cemetery.
Emergency services are responding to the fire.
Police are at the scene assisting with evacuations and traffic management is being put in place.
