Christchurch firefighters took an hour to bring a fire under control that broke out on the second floor of a high rise building this morning.
South Command Fire Shift Commander Tim Reynoldes said an upper floor on a four-storey building on Moorhouse Ave, Addington, was badly damaged when a fire broke out at 6.10am today.
At the height of the blaze the fire trucks from four different stations - including a turntable truck - attended the scene.
Reynoldes said firefighters managed to contain the damage to one floor.
"Fire crews quicky brought the fire under control on the second floor," he said.
