Fourth alarm fire in ChCh

At 2.20am today a fire was reported at the Teds Bar & Bistro in Halswell. "That was well ablaze when we arrived, we had 10 appliances - or fourth alarm level - respond to that. We still have four there now. "There was a report that there was someone in the bar at the time and a search was carried out [but] nothing was found." Fire investigators would be looking to establish the cause of the fire this morning, however it was not deemed to be suspicious, Mr Dunn said. The bar was severely damaged and the Fire Service was still on site this morning dampening down hot spots, he said.