At around 3.30pm on 18 November 1947 a fire broke out in Ballantynes' Department Store on the corner of Cashel Street and Colombo Street. The ensuring tragedy resulted in the deaths of 41 people...
Akaroa firefighters with the Akaroa fire station which they deliberately set alight as the brigade is due to move to a new station next door. Pictured are, (front) Des Kotlowski, Ted McNabb (chief...
The view of the Port hills fires on Wednesday 15th February 2017. Pioneer recreation and sport centre is behind me and Centennial park is in the foreground.
Firefighters attend to the fire in the packaging department of the Aulsebrook factory.
Firefighters use a hose to dampen a fire in the packaging department of the Aulsebrook factory.
Firefighters use a hose to spray water on to the fire in the packaging department of the Aulsebrook factory.
Firefighters attend to the fire in the packaging department of the Aulsebrook factory. [Frames 29a to 30a] A firefighter directs a hose through a hole in the aluminium wall.
A firefighter directs a hose through a hole in the aluminium wall at the Aulsebrook factory which has been damaged by fire.
The aluminium wall of the Aulsebrook factory which melted during a fire.
Firefighters using a hose on a fire inside the Aulsebrook factory.
Firemen on the roof of the assembly hall at Hillmorton High School following a fire started by contractors burning paint of weather-boards.
Exterior of Linwood High School and damage to the buildings following a fire which spread around the second storey of the school. A fire engine is parked on the playground attended by firemen.
Exterior of Linwood High School looking into the exposed interior following a fire which spread around the second storey of the school. Inside the exposed interior are firemen and school staff...
Port Hills fire taken from South New Brighton estuary.
Port Hills Fire 2017. Billowing Smoke. The Beauty within Destruction.
Wildfire on the Port Hills spread from two locations and came to meet in the middle.
Taken during the Port Hills fires of 2017, on Wednesday 15 February at about 4pm in Waipara Street, Cracroft. Westmorland suburb had been evacuated.