Brya Ingram
It was all-hands-to-the-pump - for firefighters, residents and reporters - when the Wither Hills in Blenheim caught fire on Boxing Day, 2000.
As a “line of orange” swept down the hill, Boxing Day plans in Blenheim shifted from family get-togethers to fighting fires. Twenty years on, Jennifer Eder looks back on a day etched on the minds of many. Boxing Day in the year 2000 was hot and windy, even by Blenheim s standards. Julia and Steve Healy had been out playing cricket with a dozen friends, who had all come back to theirs for a dip in the pool and a barbecue.