Christchurch’s Hagley College is being evacuated as a precaution after a digger hit a oxygen pipe nearby.
Road closures are in place on Saint Asaph St and motorists are advised to avoid Hagley Ave.
Emergency services were alerted at 10am, and five fire trucks and a command vehicle unit are on site.
Fire and Emergency’s shift manager Alex Norris says fire crews have found oxygen venting from a damaged pipe at a commercial premises.
