Our 3-Step Escape Plan

  • First Escape Route
  • Second Escape Route
  • Meeting Place
Notes

Use this space to note any additional information about your escape plan, i.e. who will assist

Your checklist
  • Get low

    Smoke is poisonous and more deadly than flames.

    If you breathe smoke for more than a few breaths it can kill you.

  • Be fast

    A house fire can kill you in less than three minutes.

    Don't spend time trying to save possessions.

  • Close doors

    A closed door buys you time.

    It slows down the spread of fire, giving you more time to get to safety.

  • Get out - stay out!

    People have died by going back into a fire.

    Don't leave the meeting place to go back inside for any reason.

Fire & Emergency New Zealand

Port Hills fire update #5

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Port Hills fire update #5

Twenty-two Fire and Emergency crews will continue fire operations at a vegetation fire on the Port Hills, Christchurch overnight.

Crews will also be carrying out monitoring and reassurance checks at Governors Bay and Early Valley Rd.

From 6am tomorrow, 23 appliances will be back on the ground. They will be supported by 13 helicopters and two fixed wing aircrafts focused on retardant drops.

Residents who have been evacuated will not be able to return home tonight, and cordons remain in place.

An investigation into the cause of the fire has begun, and our Fire Investigator is asking for help from the public.

People who have photographs or videos of the Port Hills taken between 1.45pm and 2.45pm today are asked to email them to PortHills2024Photos@fireandemergency.nz with their name and contact details, when the photo or footage was taken and where the photographer was.

The period between 1.45pm and 2.45pm covers the half hour before the fire was reported until half an hour afterwards.

This will be the final update for tonight.