huge fire port hills Christchurch

Huge fire hit the port hills Christchurch on the 13 February at 6pm last night the port hills are black and grey with lots of smoke today.  The firemen are there trying to put it out with helicopters and their water buckets. The smoke is spreading and today you can smell the fire.  Yesterday at 2:30PM a helicopter  crashed and the pilot died. More people have been evacuated because of the spreading fire  the planes  are there and they have pink orange stuff that makes the fire  go out.