Two whitebaiters managed to escape a West Coast bach that was silently filling with gas yesterday morning.
The Greymouth based NZCC Rescue Helicopter was called to the Wanganui River mouth at Hari Hari, 112km southwest of Greymouth, to attend to the pair, who had suffered gas inhalation.
"It appears there was a gas leak from an LPG fridge," pilot Martin Shaw said.
"Both men managed to exit the whitebaiters' hut before phoning emergency services."
A 63-year-old man was subsequently flown to Grey Base Hospital.
