Canterbury couple avoid $200,000 bill for fireDAVID HALLETT/FAIRFAX NZ Bev Throsby in her fire damaged home on Selwyn Rd in 2013. Bev Throsby's cottage was one of two homes destroyed by the fire, as was the neighbouring chicken farm where she worked. A Canterbury couple will not have to foot the bill for a fire that spread from their property across large areas of farmland, destroying several homes and killing 18,000 laying hens. DON SCOTT/FAIRFAX NZ Damage at the scene of a fire that spread across farmland, destroyed two homes, in the Selwyn district. The New Zealand Fire Service Commission and the Selwyn District Council claimed costs of more than $200,000 to put out the fire.

Source: Stuff July 10, 2016 02:37 UTC