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Smoke coming from the tyres before the site was smothered last weekend. Photo: Supplied / Environment Canterbury The pile of around 160,000 tyres was set alight, sending thick black smoke across the North Canterbury town. It's the second time a pile of tyres on the Racecourse Road property has been set alight. Authorities involved in the fire response held a community meeting last night to update residents on progress. ECan spokesman Andrew Arps told the crowd of about 60 people the landowner was involved in the process of dealing with the pile. "The site was smothered last weekend so there...

STACY SQUIRES/STUFF Amberley residents turned out in force again to get answers over the massive tyre fire near their town last month. Residents living near the site of a massive tyre fire in North Canterbury may have to wait weeks to find out what toxins they have been exposed to. But they should not hold back on planting crops, Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) medical officer of health Cheryl Brunton told a public meeting in Amberley on Thursday. Dozens of residents attended the meeting, held almost two weeks since 160,000 tyres were set alight at a yard on Racecourse Rd.

A man has been charged in connection with a tyre fire in North Canterbury.

STACY SQUIRES The latest fire at a massive tyre pile in Amberley has left the concerned local residents with a huge environmental mess to clean up. (Video first published on February 1, 2021) The environmental fallout from the Amberley tyre fire is yet to be calculated, but the North Canterbury community is pushing for immediate action in a bid to minimise the impacts. The Hurunui district is renowned for its viticulture and farming, and with wineries, crops and stock all in the near vicinity to the huge plume of smoke, many have an anxious wait over how last week’s blaze may have affected...