Two firefighters suffered injuries likely to keep them off work for days while battling a "wall of fire" at a Wanganui house.
Fire crews were called to Kaitoke about 5.40pm on New Year's Eve, Wanganui Station Officer Jes Sorensen said.
"We received a call that it was a garage fire
but, when we arrived, it was a wall of fire," he said.
The two men were injured battling the blaze. They were taken to hospital but not admitted, and both would be off work for a couple of weeks, Mr Sorensen said.
One suffered blistered knuckles and the other suffered radiation burns through his boot.
