Queenstown friends (from left) Lee Gamble, Alan Wharton and Morgan Harteveld with one of the hand-pumped fire extinguishers they used to try to put out the fire which destroyed the historic Mount Aurum Homestead at the Skippers camping area near... : Couple speak to police over Skippers blaze
Queenstown friends (from left) Lee Gamble, Alan Wharton and Morgan Harteveld with one of the hand-pumped fire extinguishers they used to try to put out the fire which destroyed the historic Mount Aurum Homestead at the Skippers camping area near... : Couple speak to police over Skippers blaze
Fire and Emergency New Zealand officers and a police detective examine the scene of the Mount Aurum Homestead fire yesterday. : Couple speak to police over Skippers blaze
Fire and Emergency New Zealand officers and a police detective examine the scene of the Mount Aurum Homestead fire yesterday. : Couple speak to police over Skippers blaze
One of the homestead's chimneys is silhouetted in the flames as the house burns. Photo: Anna Williams : Couple speak to police over Skippers blaze
One of the homestead's chimneys is silhouetted in the flames as the house burns. Photo: Anna Williams : Couple speak to police over Skippers blaze
Couple speak to police over Skippers blaze
Queenstown police have spoken to a couple who reportedly fled the scene of a fire that razed a historic homestead at the Skippers camping area.