Crews were alerted to the blaze about 3pm. Photo: Michael Chappell : Big Wanaka fire under control
Crews were alerted to the blaze about 3pm. Photo: Michael Chappell : Big Wanaka fire under control
Helen White took this photo from the Top 10 holiday camp. : Big Wanaka fire under control
Helen White took this photo from the Top 10 holiday camp. : Big Wanaka fire under control
Photo: Callum White : Big Wanaka fire under control
Photo: Callum White : Big Wanaka fire under control
Photo: Callum White. : Big Wanaka fire under control
Photo: Callum White. : Big Wanaka fire under control
Heather Crook took this photo from the campground. : Big Wanaka fire under control
Heather Crook took this photo from the campground. : Big Wanaka fire under control
The fire spread quickly up the side of Mt Alpha at the end of Bill's Way. Photo: Sean Nugent : Big Wanaka fire under control
The fire spread quickly up the side of Mt Alpha at the end of Bill's Way. Photo: Sean Nugent : Big Wanaka fire under control
Photo: Hayden Gibbs : Big Wanaka fire under control
Photo: Hayden Gibbs : Big Wanaka fire under control
Photo taken from Eely beach by Darelle Busfield. : Big Wanaka fire under control
Photo taken from Eely beach by Darelle Busfield. : Big Wanaka fire under control
Photo: Alex Pasco : Big Wanaka fire under control
Photo: Alex Pasco : Big Wanaka fire under control
Photo: Mark Smith : Big Wanaka fire under control
Photo: Mark Smith : Big Wanaka fire under control
The fire seen from the Wanaka-Luggate Highway this afternoon. Photo: supplied : Big Wanaka fire under control
The fire seen from the Wanaka-Luggate Highway this afternoon. Photo: supplied : Big Wanaka fire under control
Photo: Dwayne Quirk : Big Wanaka fire under control
Photo: Dwayne Quirk : Big Wanaka fire under control
Photo: Nick Eschenbach : Big Wanaka fire under control
Photo: Nick Eschenbach : Big Wanaka fire under control
Photo: Andy Watson : Big Wanaka fire under control
Photo: Andy Watson : Big Wanaka fire under control
Darelle Busfield captured this photo of a pyrocumulus cloud forming above the hill as the fire burned in Wanaka. : Big Wanaka fire under control
Darelle Busfield captured this photo of a pyrocumulus cloud forming above the hill as the fire burned in Wanaka. : Big Wanaka fire under control
Big Wanaka fire under control
Crews have managed to contain a large fire in Wanaka that threatened the evacuation of holidaymakers at a popular nearby campground earlier in the...