A crew is continuing to dampen hotspots.

The blaze spread a little under a hectare - and a fire and emergency spokesperson believes it may have been sparked by a vehicle exhaust.

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03 Jan: The Central Hinds have claimed a second win over the Canterbury Magicians in three days to move into third on the women's Super Smash ladder

03 Jan: A man has been arrested at the scene of a fire in central Christchurch this morning. Police were called to the scene on Worcester Street about 5:10am

03 Jan: Former Environment Canterbury Chair Craig Pauling has been selected as the Green Party candidate for the Canterbury Banks Peninsula electorate

30 Dec: Disgraced rich-lister James Wallace's Christchurch house - McLean's Mansion - could soon have a new owner

29 Dec: A person's seriously injured after a crash, where a car rolled in Christchurch's city central

29 Dec: Police are continuing to look into reports someone had a firearm in Christchurch's Halswell Quarry and Kennedy's Bush area about 10.30 yesterday morning

28 Dec: Crews are cleaning up an oil spill along a stretch of State Highway 73, between Christchurch and the West Coast

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International:
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Cricket:
The Northern Brave have beaten the Sparks - formerly the Otago Sparks - by 24 runs in their women's Super Smash T20 game in Mount Maunganui 18:07

Rugby:
The Seattle Seahawks have locked up top seed in American football's NFC with a 13-3 win over the San Francisco 49ers 17:27

Rugby:
Luke Littler is motivated to keep collecting titles, after clinching a second world darts championship while in his teens 16:57

Rugby:
Venus Williams has lifted the lid on why she is still playing tennis after all these years 16:27

Politics:
GP practices whose patients were impacted by a cyber security breach at ManageMyHealth - have now been identified 16:17

International:
Venezuelan diaspora divided over US capturing of leader Maduro 16:07

Basketball:
The Breakers are keen to swarm the Perth Wildcats in their NBL basketball clash in Auckland this afternoon 15:37

Cricket:
England's top three are all back in the pavilion within the opening 90 minutes of the fifth and final Ashes test in Sydney 15:27

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