Two New Zealand Firefighters have been injured battling a large fire at a poultry farm in Lepperton, north of New Plymouth. 2 Firefighters had been transported to Taranaki Base hospital, one with serious injuries and one with moderate The fire is a "fourth alarm" fire, a rating out of five used to indicate the number of fire units attending. The Fire Service was alerted at 4.30pm to the blaze in a 100-metre long chicken house on the farm, which quickly escalated. More than 30 firefighters were still fighting the fire.
