Photo: Facebook/Dave Dunlay
A Lyttelton man who lives on the street where a large fire broke out said he was shocked by its scale.
Several fire crews were called to Brittan Terrace in the Banks Peninsula township at 5 pm on Friday, where they found two homes engulfed in flames, spreading to a neighbouring property.
Six fire engines, a ladder truck, a water tanker, and a command unit attended the scene. One crew remained overnight, dampening down hotspots.
Photo: Facebook/Dave Dunlay
The fire has been contained, but two homes have been badly damaged.
Dave Dunlay, who lives a couple of hundred metres up the street, said he thought it was mist floating across Lyttleton Harbour.
"I went outside and smelled the smoke, and then looked down the road and saw a big wall of black smoke, you know? Quite scary big, huge cloud of it.
"Very quickly, as it got darker, you saw the orange of the flames."
Fire and Emergency has been investigating the scene since early Saturday morning.
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