Emergency services have been battling a large fire in St Albans after it broke out in the early hours of this morning.
Fire and Emergency NZ received a report of a house fire on Malvern St just after 3am.
A southern fire communication shift manager said the single storey house was well ablaze when three crews - two from Christchurch and one from Anzac in Aranui - arrived.
The fire is now contained and only one crew remains at the scene.
