Garry Robert Grimmer, pictured at an earlier court appearance, faces charges of arson over a huge tyre fire in Amberley. A man who allegedly torched a massive illegal tyre pile that sparked a health warning for toxic smoke in North Canterbury can now be named. Garry Grimmer, 63, from Amberley, lost name suppression when he appeared in the Christchurch District Court on Wednesday. STACY SQUIRES Fire crews spent days tackling a fire that broke out in an illegal pile of tyres in North Canterbury in January. Firefighters had battled a fire at the same tyre yard three years earlier.

Source: Stuff April 06, 2021 22:23 UTC