Rain has come to the rescue of firefighters battling the latest destructive wildfire in Canterbury. Fire and Emergency southern shift communications manager Andrew Norris said crews had contained the blaze and would be monitoring the site today in case it reignited. "Everything is currently contained and we have no firefighters at any jobs other than actively patrolling them overnight," said Norris. "We've been lucky enough to have steady rain since late last night which will have a massive impact on the fires we've had." Today crews would be out checking on all the recent fire-damaged sites including pre-Christmas fires in Rolleston and Mcleans Island.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 25, 2017 20:48 UTC