Emergency services are responding to a 4-wheel-drive which rolled and burst into flames at the Remarkables ski field in Central Otago. Photo / Sean Parnell
Emergency services are responding to a 4-wheel-drive which rolled and burst into flames at the Remarkables ski field in Central Otago. Photo / Sean Parnell
Two helicopters and two fire trucks with tankers are tackling a burning car that's blocked off the Remarkables Ski field access road near Queenstown.
NZ Ski says just before 1.30pm a vehicle travelling down the access road experienced mechanical issues and caught alight.
One witness reported the four-wheel-drive caught fire,before exploding and rolling downhill.
Witness Sean Parnell said the occupants of the vehicle "managed to grab some of their gear and run beforehand."
The moment a 4WD coming down from #TheRemarkables caught fire, began to explode - and then rolled downhill. The occupants had managed to grab some of their gear and run beforehand. Firefighters now on scene. #NZpic.twitter.com/OIvzpzjdGU
