15 Feb 2024

Port Hills fire likely to take days to extinguish - FENZ

From Checkpoint, 5:31 pm on 15 February 2024

Firefighters are continuing to battle a blaze across Christchurch's Port Hills, that FENZ says is likely to take days to extinguish.

It's now stretching over 650 hectares of land.

Evacuated residents still don't know when they will be able to return home.

Samantha Gee and Angus Dreaver have been at the scene.

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