Neighbour tried to extinguish Queenstown fire with garden hose
22 Dec, 2020 12:55 AM
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Otago Daily Times
Fire crews are at the scene of a fire which broke out in a two-storey house in Queenstown this morning.
A Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesman said crews were alerted to the fire in Nugget Knob, Goldfield Heights, about 10.30am, when a worker in a rubbish truck noticed a house on fire.
Crews arrived to find a large two-storey house well involved in fire in the roof area.
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Emergency services were called to the blaze at Nugget Knob, near Goldfield Heights in Queenstown about 10.35am on Tuesday.
Fire crews are battling a “well involved” house fire in Queenstown. Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesman Andrew Norris said two crews from Queenstown had been sent to the blaze at Nugget Knob, near Goldfield Heights about 10.35am on Tuesday. He said crews found the house “well involved” in fire and a further two crews from Queenstown and Frankton had been called in shortly before 11am. At this stage, it was unclear whether anyone was inside at the time the blaze broke out, Norris said.