Balanced News: Greymouth fires ‘arson’

Exhausted and frustrated Greymouth firefighters are praying for respite after more deliberately lit fires in the town last night kept them from their beds for several hours. “This rain will help a little bit but not much,” Greymouth fire chief Lee Swinburn said. On Wednesday, 23 volunteer firefighters and a helicopter with monsoon bucket spent hours quelling a suspicious fire on the beach at Blaketown in 28 degree heat.