{"id":116429,"date":"2025-11-03T23:17:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T23:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/116429\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T23:17:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T23:17:09","slug":"darfield-canterbury-fire-crews-respond-to-large-scrub-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/116429\/","title":{"rendered":"Darfield, Canterbury fire: Crews respond to large scrub fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"DlhGGFuIDuZ\" style=\"display:none\">Local resident Dean Jenkins said he and others were among the first on the scene when the blaze broke out at the corner of Bleak House Rd and Redmonds Rd.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Thick black smoke can be seen while explosions have been heard. Photo \/ Dean Jenkins\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Thick black smoke can be seen while explosions have been heard. Photo \/ Dean Jenkins<\/p>\n<p class=\"DlhGGFuIDuZ\" style=\"display:none\">He said the fire appeared to have started near a workshop belonging to a man who recycles old whiteware.<\/p>\n<p class=\"DlhGGFuIDuZ\" style=\"display:none\">Jenkins described hearing several large explosions while standing about 100m from the fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"DlhGGFuIDuZ\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cYou could feel it through your body,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Multiple crews and a helicopter are responding to a large scrub fire in rural Canterbury this morning. Photo \/ Dean Jenkins\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Multiple crews and a helicopter are responding to a large scrub fire in rural Canterbury this morning. Photo \/ Dean Jenkins<\/p>\n<p class=\"DlhGGFuIDuZ\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThere were some pretty decent explosions in there. I think it was all the fridges, they have those gas canisters in them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"DlhGGFuIDuZ\" style=\"display:none\">\u201dIt\u2019s pretty impressive&#8230; The main house seems okay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Multiple crews and a helicopter are responding to a large scrub fire in rural Canterbury this morning. Image \/ Google Maps\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Multiple crews and a helicopter are responding to a large scrub fire in rural Canterbury this morning. Image \/ Google Maps<\/p>\n<p class=\"DlhGGFuIDuZ\" style=\"display:none\">By the time Jenkins spoke to the Herald, the flames were beginning to subside as fire crews tackled the blaze.<\/p>\n<p class=\"DlhGGFuIDuZ\" style=\"display:none\">Media enquiries were directed to the Fire and Emergency NZ national media team. <\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"The blaze has broken out near Darfield in Canterbury. Photo \/ Dean Jenkins\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>The blaze has broken out near Darfield in Canterbury. Photo \/ Dean Jenkins<\/p>\n<p class=\"DlhGGFuIDuZ\" style=\"display:none\">A spokesperson said: \u201cFire and Emergency New Zealand was alerted to a fire in trees at a property near Darfield in Canterbury at 9.59am. <\/p>\n<p class=\"DlhGGFuIDuZ\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThirteen trucks from Darfield, Kirwee, Sheffield, Hororata, Dunsandle, Rolleston, Cust, Coalgate and Christchurch and one helicopter are responding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"DlhGGFuIDuZ\" style=\"display:none\">Three structures have been lost to fire, they confirmed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"DlhGGFuIDuZ\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe public are advised to avoid the area while crews work,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"DlhGGFuIDuZ\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAnyone impacted by smoke from the fire should stay inside with their windows and doors closed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"DlhGGFuIDuZ\" style=\"display:none\">More to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Local resident Dean Jenkins said he and others were among the first on the scene when the blaze&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6127,8126,23552,23364,50514,2079,47065,3242,1304,2510,111,43,139,69,4491,22704,3175,27611,45080,1961,1529,61,5977],"class_list":["post-116429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-already","tag-canterbury","tag-claimed","tag-crews","tag-darfield","tag-fire","tag-helicopter","tag-large","tag-morning","tag-multiple","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-respond","tag-responding","tag-rural","tag-scrub","tag-structures","tag-this","tag-three","tag-to","tag-which"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}