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Amberley residents turned out in force again to get answers over the massive tyre fire near their town last month.
Residents living near the site of a massive tyre fire in North Canterbury may have to wait weeks to find out what toxins they have been exposed to. But they should not hold back on planting crops, Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) medical officer of health Cheryl Brunton told a public meeting in Amberley on Thursday. Dozens of residents attended the meeting, held almost two weeks since 160,000 tyres were set alight at a yard on Racecourse Rd.
Since Friday’s fire, Butler has been forced to stay inside rather than spend her days picking flowers for her business. She has missed out on markets and bought in flowers for a wedding this weekend rather than risk her health, and will not be selling her edible flowers for a while.
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Butler relies on the outdoors as a commercial gardener but has had to forego markets this week and buy in flowers for an upcoming wedding rather than risk her health. Butler said while she had to care for her animals outside, not knowing for certain the implications of the smoke on her family’s health meant she has not been taking unnecessary risks, and has left her flowers unpicked.
A North Canterbury community group plans to take the regional council to court after a second tyre fire in three years sent toxic black smoke into the sky.