Nelson bushfires rage on due to hot and windy conditions

Thousands of people are on standby to evacuate as strengthening winds again threaten to whip up the massive fire near Nelson. The size of the blaze keeps changing in size and shape as it continues to burn. Now the size of about two thousand football fields. The big danger is the community of Wakefield half an hour’s drive from Nelson. About three thousand residents there are on high alert to quickly move out if the fire gets closer. About two hundred properties have been evacuated and schools in the area cl