A tradesman rushed into a burning house in Queenstown six times this afternoon to check for people inside. Irishman Jonathan Dunoyer and another man took turns to dash into the holiday-let house in upmarket Jack's Point after flames took hold. Firefighters arrived at the scene, a rural neighbourhood based around a golf course, about 10 minutes later, shortly after 3pm. "It was coming from the side of the house and it was 'that's definitely not a barbecue'. Neighbours, including local schoolteacher Rachel Taylor, doused the flames with garden hoses while the two men checked inside.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 06, 2016 06:11 UTC