A large fire that has ripped through 40 hectares of grass, trees and hedges in Canterbury is expected to continue burning overnight. Share your pictures and video at newstips@stuff.co.nzMITCHELL REDMAN/SUPPLIED Large plumes of smoke from a scrub fire in Templeton is affecting motorists on Thursday evening. The fire had spread to each side of Waterholes Rd, destroying a hay barn, burning through parts of a pine plantation and threatening 10 properties, the spokesman said. JOSEPH JOHNSON/STUFF Firefighters battle the blaze in Templeton, along Waterholes Rd. STUFF The air is filled with thick smoke from the blaze on Waterholes Rd near Devine Dr in Templeton.

Source: Stuff February 13, 2020 05:01 UTC