Auckland restaurant cordoned off, person believed to have suffered serious burns

Emergency services were last night called to a North Shore restaurant where a person is believed to have suffered serious burns.

Witnesses told the Herald police cordoned off the driveway at Chilli on Hinemoa St in Birkenhead where a person had reportedly been badly burnt in the carpark at the back of the restaurant.

"The Fire Service and ambulance staff are on scene. The driveway is cordoned off with police tape and ambo staff are down at the bottom of the drive."

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The man said he saw a paramedic run up the driveway and grab a bag from the rapid response unit.

Chilli owner Gagan Kaur said her husband Virender Singh had gone to the carpark at the back of the restaurant with another person when they found a man lying on the ground who was on fire. They helped extinguish the fire and called emergency services.

"Him and his friend saw this guy was burning, so they just stopped. One of them just pulled the guy and stopped the fire and my husband called the police," she said.

She didn't believe the person had any links to the restaurant and did not know his current condition.

A second person was believed to have received treatment for burns to his hands.

No further information was available from emergency services last night.

Four fire investigators and 10 police cars were at the scene.