The South has gone from fires one day to ice the next as snow falls blanketing areas previously ravaged by flames. Firefighters were called to a blaze on the Rock and Pillar Range above Middlemarch last night. Fire burns on the Rock and Pillar Range above Middlemarch last night (left) while snow blankets the same area this morning (left). Photos: Kate WilsonBy 8.30pm the fire had grown to about 400ha and was deemed "too dangerous" to fight at the time. Middlemarch this morning after snow blanketed the area, parts of which were on fire last night.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 31, 2020 21:10 UTC