A mechanical fault is believed to have led to a car being engulfed in flames near Dunedin yesterday morning.
Emergency services were called to a well-involved car fire, on the Kilmog, at 10.15am.
Photo: Gerard O'Brien
A Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokeswoman said crews from Waikouaiti and Waitati attended.
Waitati Volunteer Fire Brigade station officer Richard Templeton said it appeared a mechanical fault was behind the fire.
Firefighters were called out at 10.20am and were back at the station by 11.15am, he said. One lane of State Highway 1 was partly blocked for a time.
