Two people were transported to hospital after a single vehicle accident on Sunday morning.
At 1.24am emergency services where notified of an incident on Thompsons Track near Hatfield.
A spokesperson for Hato Hone St John said one first response unit and one ambulance responded to the scene.
‘‘Our ambulance staff treated two patients and transported one of them to Ashburton Hospital in a moderate condition and the other to Christchurch Public Hospital in a serious condition.”
Police, Lauriston and Methven Volunteer Fire Brigades also attended.
Meanwhile, the Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade were called to two vegetation fires last week.
On Friday evening a vegetation fire callout threatened to derail the Rakaia Volunteer Brigade’s 75th celebrations.
Fire chief Tyrone Burrowes said luckily Pendarves and Lauriston were there with their rural tankers.
‘‘Our tanker stayed, crewed by Lauriston and they sent our crew and rural truck home. That was some good assistance from the other neighbouring brigade,” Burrowes said.
On Wednesday, Rakaia fireys assisted Hororata Volunteer Fire Brigade at a vegetation fire near the top of the Rakaia River.
‘‘There were burn piles up there and the strong winds pushed the fire down the terrace. We were there for a couple of hours monitoring it,” Burrowes said.
Meanwhile, the Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade were called to house full of smoke this week.
A log had fallen from the fire igniting nearby paper.
Chief Jeff Marshall said the fire was out when they got there but there was still smoke smell in the house.
“It is very dangerous to leave waste paper or cardboard close to a heater these are very combustible from radiant heat, or if a spark or log was to fall out of the fire place could catch alight very easily.”
Marshall said the ‘metre from the heater’ rule should never be broken.
Working smoke alarms are also a must and often a life saver.
‘‘People must check their smoke alarms,‘‘ Marshall said.
‘‘We have seen many times where smoke alarms have gone off and alerted people to a fire and potentially saved their lives.”
