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The firefighters used hand tools and thermal imaging equipment to extinguish the remaining hotspots, and had the blaze fully contained about 4pm. Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Fenz) spokeswoman Jill Higgison said no properties had been damaged or threatened by the fire, and no injuries had been reported. It was unclear how the fire started and whether it was deemed suspicious, she said. An investigator was heading to the scene early on Friday to determine the cause. Joseph Johnson/Stuff Fi...

Port Hills fires: Ten suspicious fires in 10 days; fire chiefs ban fireworks 16 Dec, 2020 01:52 AM 4 minutes to read A Christchurch fire has burned through 15 hectares this morning. Video / Zac Timms / Anne Marie Welton via Chris Lynch A Christchurch fire has burned through 15 hectares this morning. Video / Zac Timms / Anne Marie Welton via Chris Lynch Fire chiefs scrambling after a spate of fires on Christchurchs Port Hills hope an immediate fireworks ban and move into restricted fire season...

Fireworks banned in parts of Christchurch Fireworks banned in parts of Christchurch Photo / Getty Images Fire and Emergency New Zealand is banning the use of fireworks in parts of Christchurch. The ban will include Akaroa, Bottle Lake and the Port Hills. The ban comes into effect from 6pm today. Overnight on Friday there was a significant fire above Hillsborough which burnt through 25ha and caused around 40 homes to be evacuated. Fenz has confirmed the blaze was caused by firewo...

• Source:  1 NEWS Fireworks are being banned in a number of locations around Christchurch — including Akaroa, Bottle Lake and the Port Hills — from 6pm tonight, Fire and Emergency has announced. Your playlist will load after this ad It follows a nasty flare-up on the Port Hills at the weekend, which has been linked to two young people who were experiment...

Fireworks banned around Christchurch after scrub blazes © RNZ / Nate McKinnon Fire and Emergency (Fenz) is banning the use of fireworks in a number of locations around Christchurch. Area commander Dave Stackhouse announced fireworks would be banned in Akaroa, Bottle Lake and the Port Hills from 6pm today, in a briefing to media. © RNZ / Nate McKinnon The ban comes after a significant fire above Hillsborough which burnt through 25 hectares and caused around 40 homes to be evacuated on Friday...

Stacy Squires/Stuff Area commander Dave Stackhouse shows the areas where fireworks have been banned. The ban – which included Akaroa, Bottle Lake, New Brighton and the Port Hills – would take effect from 6pm on Wednesday. “These are all high risk areas and what we saw on Friday night was completely unnecessary and avoidable,” he said. Fridays fire, which burned through 25 hectares on the Port Hills, was caused by two youths playing with fireworks. Stackhouse said firefighters were w...

The ban is effective from 6pm this evening (16 December). Overnight on Friday there was a significant fire above Hillsborough which burnt through 25 hectares and caused around 40 homes to be evacuated. Fire and Emergency can now confirm the blaze was caused by fireworks late on Friday night. As a result, and with conditions drying out around Christchurch, Area Commander Dave Stackhouse is banning the use of fireworks under Section 52 of the Fire and Emergency Act. Section 52 of the Act allows F...

A barn owned by Kester Vos was the only structure destroyed in the fire. He was yet to speak to police about the cause of the fire, but said he had encountered people drinking alcohol and lighting fireworks in the area regularly over the last 20 years. “Rather than barrelling in and go aggressive I’ve just pleaded with them to think about their actions and what could end up happening. It’s worked for about 20 years.” He said it “defied commonsense” why people chose to let off fir...

Close watch kept on hot spots in Port Hills © RNZ / Conan Young Firefighters are continuing to dampen down hot spots on the Port Hills in Christchurch following a large scrub fire. The blaze has now been contained but around 40 properties were evacuated when it broke out above Hillsborough on Friday night. Fire and Emergency says one crew carried out perimeter patrols as well as watching hot spots overnight. Four crews will be on site this morning to carry out more perimeter patrols and to co...

Large scrub fire in Port Hills, Christchurch Large scrub fire in Port Hills, Christchurch Saturday, December 12, 2020 RNZ An evacuation centre has been set up for people whove had to leave their homes overnight as a wildfire burns out of control in Christchurchs Port Hills. People have been evacuated from Avoca Valley Road and Port Hills Road after a fire began spreading in the area overnight. Civil Defence is now co-ordinating accommodation at St Martins School Hall for any eva...