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The fire at Te Kiteroa Retreat & Historic Homestead in Waimate is now out 15 May 2021 Fire and Emergency were called about 1.45 this afternoon by witnesses who saw smoke billowing from the two-story site. No one has been reported injured. A fire investigator will be at the scene tomorrow morning, to try to determine the cause. The homestead is an iconic Edwardian property build around 1913. ....
Firefighters work on controlling the fire. Robbie Allan and his fiancée were visiting Waimate for the day to walk to the White Horse Monument when they smelt something, then saw what looked like a fire behind the old homestead. Allan said he got his camera out to zoom in and noticed it was the house that was ablaze. He said it was about 2pm when they called emergency services. Soon after, they heard the Waimate Fire Station alarm sounding. JOHN BISSET/Stuff Smoke billows from the fire at Te Kiteroa in Waimate. Fenz communications shift manager Andrew Norris said when the first fire crews arrived at the property they discovered a fire in the roof of the large two-storey building. ....
A fire investigator will be on scene this morning, after an historic South Canterbury homestead caught on fire yesterday A fire investigator will be on scene this morning, after an historic South Canterbury homestead caught on fire yesterday 16 May 2021 The top story was damaged in the blaze. Waimate mayor Craig Rowley says it was devastating news. He says it s an iconic building for the district and has been around for more than 100 years. No one was injured in the fire. ....
Freedom Community Historical Society and Swan’s Island Historical Society are among 18 private nonprofit organizations to receive one-for-one matching grants for maintaining historic buildings in Maine. Maine Preservation, partnering for a second. ....