Against severe winds and horizontal rain, firefighters battled a house fire yesterday at a rural property north of Invercargill. Six fire appliances, including a tanker, and a specialist fire investigator were called to the property on Ryal Bush-Wallacetown Rd, next to Ryal Bush Transport about 3.30pm. Fire and Emergency NZ (Fenz) spokesman Brent Dunn said the fire was still "well ablaze" about 4pm. One of the workers at Ryal Bush Transport said they had not heard anything about what could have caused the fire, or where it had originally started. A Fenz spokesman said Fenz had not yet received any more details on the cause of the fire.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 07, 2019 16:30 UTC