A Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesman said there had been no further cause for alarm since the Ben Lomond Station station manager called for assistance on Tuesday night after high winds caused a burn to breach its containment lines.
Last Friday two helicopters were put in the air at Closeburn Station — near the scene of a fire in 2005 when 30 homes were evacuated — after an earlier prescribed annual burn flared up.
Otago Central deputy rural fire officer Bobby Lamont said in that case the station manager carried out the burn last Thursday and checked the site again the following morning.
However, when he checked around noon he saw "a little puff of smoke" come up.
"He shot up there to try and extinguish it and control it, and while doing that another puff of smoke went up," Mr Lamont said.
In all, about 8ha on the southern end of Wedge Peak was burnt.
A burnoff that got out of control near Macraes on Wednesday was brought under control by Wednesday night, and no further issues were expected.
Mr Lamont said there were plenty of "available fuels in the finer fuels category" throughout Otago.
"[There are] a lot of frost-cured grasses which are bone dry and when we come out of winter and into spring is generally when the high country starts to burn ... and that's when those fine fuels can provide a little bit of a problem."
There was no requirement for people planning burnoffs to contact Fenz, he said.
"So it is a bit frustrating when people's burns get out of where they're intending and it can be avoided if we're allowed to give a bit of advice."
Mr Lamont said in both the Wakatipu fires where Fenz had assisted, costs would be covered by Fenz levies and station managers had not been reckless.
