By Amber Allott ofPhoto: SuppliedFire crews are battling a large blaze expected to "totally destroy" a derelict two-storey homestead, in the Christchurch suburb of Riccarton. A University of Canterbury spokesperson said the fire was at an empty property near campus, but not at the university itself. Traffic management is in place at Clyde Road and Riccarton Road, turning on to Kirkwood Avenue, while emergency services tend to the fire. Fire crews were evacuating some nearby houses, she said, but a lot of university students had come up to the cordon to check it out. "It's a really really big old house… It's a massive fire, the whole house is in flames."

Source: Stuff September 23, 2022 09:57 UTC