Firefighters at the Para Rubber Ltd

20 December 1966

In this photo, firefighters continue to fight the fire from various angles stop the veranda, my son Simon a volunteer firefighter notes in this photo in the top left set of window flames are clearly visible crawling along the ceiling, but not creating as much smoke indicating a clean, very hot fire. Some kind of vapour around top left set of windows.
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Creator: Peter Basire

Area: Central City / Central Christchurch - South

Contributor: Barbara Newcombe

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Firefighters at the Para Rubber Ltd

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