The fire at a mechanical workshop in the Christchurch suburb of Sydenham earlier sent smoke billowing across the central city. Photo: RNZ / Anna Sargent
Firefighters have extinguished a fire at a mechanical workshop in central Christchurch.
Crews were called to reports of a car on fire at the workshop on Coleridge Street in Sydenham just before 9am.
Thick, black smoke was seen billowing across the central city.
Police had closed some nearby streets.
Fire and Emergency said the fire had been put out and crews had left the scene.
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