Feus threatened by large scrub flame in Christchurch’s Redcliffs

Residents have been evacuated if you are an uncontrolled fire in Christchurch’s Redcliffs creeps closer toward properties.

Fire services were supplied with multiple calls reporting all blaze on Balmoral Hill, not too distant from Glentrae Rd, at about 1 . 40pm on Monday.

Terminate and Emergency NZ said the blaze is stretching 50m by 100m and a number of homes usually are under threat.

The fire in Redcliffs. Photo / George Heard

A helicopter is en-route from Christchurch Airport terminal.

NZME reporter George Heard said the fire is getting close to homes.

That he said it is burning into a lot of scrub and pine trees & fire crews are protecting amount houses the fire is moving for.

Heard said there are actually about five houses in the gunning line, and the nearest one is closet meters away from the flames.

He said firefighters can be seen with the scaffolding of a construction site, and various other firefighters are on the decks of most other properties to protect them.

At 2pm temperatures ended up being sitting near 27C in the outdoors city.

A helicopter was in attendance at the fire. Photo / George Heard

Christchurch City councillor Aaron Keown said he can see heavy smoke a cigarette coming up over Mt Pleasant and so into Heathcote.

It is about after a scrub fire chewed your way through 15 hectares in the hills beyond Cass Bay last Tuesday.

Twenty homes were evacuated as a trio of helicopters which has monsoon buckets tried to contain the blaze.

Fire services almost investigating what sparked the fire.

It was one of several fires into Canterbury on Tuesday.

Christchurch remains in a restricted fire season meaning a permit is needed to light a fire as temperatures continues to soar in the garden city.