FIRE IN KAURI PARK
danger not yet over. AUCKLAND, March 9. The fires which broke out on the north-eastern boundary of Trounson Kauri Park on Sunday, Lebrunry ‘22nd. are still smouldering in the forest floor in the affected areas, hut there is no danger to the rest of the forest unless a very strong wind springs up. “The forest floor, composed of resin and decayed vegetation, makes the fires as difficult to extinguish completely as if they were burning in a. sawdust heap,” said Mr 0. N. Campbell, Commissioner of Crown Lands in North Auckland. “The only thing to do is to keep a constant watch, and suppress any open outbreaks.’ An investigation of the forest shows that while practically no timber was actually destroyed by fire, the trees in an area of seven or eight acres ha\e been so badly scorched that they hi certain to die in time, and will have to be cut out and milled. Approximately 100.000 superficial feet of timber will be affected. The forest is estimated to contain about 15,000,000 superficial feet of timber.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 March 1931, Page 8
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