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Reference Event Date Event Type Location: Short Observation Detailed Observation Immediate Actions Taken: Workgroup 273739 15/12/2017 1:00 PM Incident Report Development Site Wind change causing vegetation to catch alight while burning cyanide boxes While operators were burning 5 cyanide boxes, the wind went from nothing to blowing quite hard from the NE and the heat / flames ignited the vegetation outside the designated burn area. Water to Fire suppression hose was isolated and it look longer to extinguish than expected. Reinstated water supply to hoses and extinguished the vegetation with water from Fire suppression hoses Waihi Processing Production

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