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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Australia China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam Emergency extended in quake-hit New Zealand city AFP - Tuesday, September 7 Send IM Story Print CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AFP) - – New Zealand extended a state of emergency in earthquake-hit Christchurch Monday as the army enforced a no-go zone amid reports of looting in the rubble-strewn heart of the city. Strong aftershocks continued to rock New Zealand's second-largest city following Saturday's 7.0-magnitude quake, prompting officials to close schools, shops and businesses. The civil defence ministry began tearing down the worst-hit buildings and advised residents to stay at home until inspections of hundreds more damaged structures were completed. "The state of emergency has been extended until midday Wednesday (0000 GMT)," a ministry spokesman told AFP. Troops relieved exhausted police at checkpoints sealing off the city centre, which was deemed unsafe for the public due to the danger of falling glass and masonry. Resident Anna Crighton described the disorienting spectacle of uniformed soldiers on duty down the street from her bed-and-breakfast on the fringe of the central business district. "It's a strange sight, just absolutely eerie and very quiet," she told AFP. "There's hardly anyone around and no cars. I can look out of my window and just see a pile of rubble in the middle of the road." Related Article: Judge promises harsh treatment for NZ quake looters Nobody was killed in New Zealand's most destructive quake in almost 80 years, but many residents recounted close shaves. Marsha Witehira said a house guest saved her life by pulling her from bed before the wall of her room came crashing down. "I had just made it under the doorway and then the next minute my house was falling down around me." Authorities have imposed a night-time curfew since Saturday after initial reports of looting. Christchurch police superintendent Dave Cliff told Radio New Zealand that a number of "known criminals" were arrested as they attempted to enter the central business district posing as council workers. Related Article: Miraculous survival tales from New Zealand quake A judge hearing burglary and theft charges against five men arrested in the quake's aftermath warned that anyone caught looting would be viewed "as being people who were capable of anything". But judge Michael Crosbie also told Christchurch District Court: "Fortunately, the dominant mood of the town is one of help, assistance and support." About 200 people whose homes were uninhabitable spent the night in shelters, while residents across the city were warned to boil drinking water due to the risk of contamination from ruptured sewerage pipes. Prime Minister John Key warned it would be some time before life returned to normal in the city of 340,000 people following the disaster, which caused damage estimated at two billion dollars (1.44 billion US). Related Article: New Zealand veteran survives 1931, 2010 earthquakes "This isn't a short-term thing," said Key, who committed an initial 94 million dollars to restore Christchurch's damaged infrastructure. Preliminary investigations showed no structural damage to the city's AMI Stadium, slated as a venue for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, local media said. Rugby NZ 2011 chief Martin Snedden told the NZPA: "Last week the group that is responsible for dealing with this type of occurrence had actually run a three-day exercise just dealing with... what would happen in these circumstances, so it's certainly something that had already been on our radar." Business owners were among the few people allowed into the city centre so they could assess damage to their properties. Rose Lennon was forced to flee her homewares shop when an aftershock threatened to topple it. Demolition workers then moved in and reduced it to rubble. "It's just heartbreaking," she said. "Today I should be operating, serving customers, instead I am sitting on the street watching it be ripped down." Emergency workers gained some relief when a massive storm missed the city, easing fears of flooding. However, the storm remained a danger in the wider Canterbury region and 150 people were evacuated from a caravan park near the town of Kaiapoi as a precaution. 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