Firebomb attack horror for Waihi mum

A mother of two woke to a fire in her garage caused by a molotov cocktail bomb. Photo / Supplied

A Waihi mother-of-two is desperate to know who threw a molotov cocktail bomb through her garage window, causing a fire that she managed to put out with a garden hose.

The woman awoke to a "really, really loud bang" about 2.40am on Sunday and saw her garage roof was ablaze.

"i just flew out the door and noticed there was a flaming mess on the driveway as well. I got the hose ... and aimed it at the roof.

"Then I went around to the driveway and saw that it was a bottle with a flaming rag sticking out of it," she said.

The woman, who did not want to be named for fear of retaliation, said a Woodstock Bourbon bottle and a V energy drink bottle both filled with petrol and stuffed with lit rags were thrown into her Mataura Rd property, next to the Waihi East School.

She told the Herald she then ran to check on her two children, aged 11 months and 2, and called 111.

She was put on hold so she returned and tackled the blaze herself.

When she saw the inside of the garage had caught fire she called 111 again and told the Fire Service what had happened.

"By then there was heaps of smoke, so I dropped the phone and was just trying to put it out ... and eventually I managed to put it out."

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Simon Everson at Waihi Police Station on 07 8638179, or information can be left anonymously with Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.