7 Dec 2024

Latest on Bridge Hill blaze

From Saturday Morning, 7:11 am on 7 December 2024
Bridge Hill fire - Cave Stream carpark

Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon

More ground crews will be on deck today to continue battling the high-country scrub fire that's been burning in Canterbury.

The fire started very early on Thursday morning and has burned through more than 1000 hectares at Bridge Hill, northwest of Springfield.

One building, the Holloway Lodge near the peak of Bridge Hill was destroyed.

Seven fire crews monitored the site overnight, our reporter Krystal Gibbens has the latest.