Source: Radio New Zealand
RNZ / Nate McKinnon
About 45 firefighters and two helicopters are battling a gorse fire near the Waimakariri River in North Canterbury.
Crews were called to the vegetation fire off the end of Poyntz Road about 5.10am on Monday.
The fire measured roughly 300 by 200 metres and was a flare-up from a fire on Sunday, Fire and Emergency said.
Eleven appliances were at the scene.
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