A couple from the United Kingdom has “lost everything” after the vehicle they were living in caught fire at a Marlborough camping site. Emergency services responded to the fire at the Wairau Diversion, north of Blenheim, around 8.30pm on Monday after noticing smoke during a training session at the nearby river. The fire happened on their first night in the South Island at a freedom camping site run by the Marlborough District Council. The Wairau Diversion was one of five freedom camping sites managed by the counil. The site could take up to 75 freedom camping vehicles.

Source: Stuff January 26, 2021 02:48 UTC