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Large scrub fire in Port Hills © RNZ / Conan Young Residents who were evacuated overnight when fire broke out on Christchurch's Port Hills have now been allowed to return home. © Provided by Radio New Zealand No caption One of the helicopters that has been on the scene since first light. Photo: RNZ / Conan Young People living in around 40 properties on Avoca Valley Road and Port Hills Road were forced to leave when the blaze broke out at late last night. At the height of the fire 15 appliances and 60 firefighters - a mix of fulltime and volunteers crews - were deployed. © RNZ / Cona...

Granville Denton who was evacuated at 1am Saturday morning, talks to Stuff. An ordinary night at home for Kester Vos quickly changed when his brother rang to tell him: "your hill's on fire". His 8.5 hectare lifestyle block was one of 40 properties evacuated overnight following a large scrub fire in Christchurch's Port Hills, which has burnt about 25 to 30 hectares, destroyed a small shed, and led to a public health warning about smoke. The fire has been contained. Police do not believe it is linked to suspicious fires on the hills earlier in the week. ALDEN WILLIAMS/Stuff Kester Vos was wat...

and i think the public does realize hard choices will be involved and i think the public if we are going to go through these political battles we would like to be an ending that is successful this time but i think the congress may not be ready and i guess one of the questions we've been thinking about is is there a way to change the tone to allow one particular the 12 members of the super committee and leaders in congress to know that there is this wide spread group of leaders and the public that do want them to make the hard choices and so when i see a group like this and others her...