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.
He said Friday s fire was a “dreadfully sad indictment on so many players”, particularly regional council Environment Canterbury (ECan). “For too long they have left this issue unresolved or even managed to minimise the risk of a large scale fire . by being the responsible party to the situation they are the accountable party.”
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The smoke could be seen from nearby towns, including Christchurch 45km away. Accountability Action planned to lodge an application next week to take ECan to the Environment Court, he said. Fenz said fire crews from Amberley, Waipara, Woodend, Waikari, Sefton, Rangiora and a command unit from Christchurch fought the blaze, which produced “thick black smoke”.
A social person by nature, Whaley found the Covid-19 restrictions in the UK challenging. “It is really a stifling of being social. Your social life has been completely expunged. You don’t have it.”
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Colleen Johnson and Mark Whaley have been in the UK with their daughters since 2017. Both essential workers, they will be working through the country s third Covid-19 lockdown. Christmas Day was spent with his wife and teenage daughters opening presents, drinking bubbly and watching Netflix. It was a stark contrast to previous Christmas celebrations where they would spend the morning with family and the afternoon with friends celebrating Whaley’s birthday, which falls on the 25th.