A woman was dragged to safety by neighbours when an Orakei home exploded in flames last night.
Emergency services were called to the Rukutai St home about 9.45pm after the woman, a teacher, believed to be aged in her 50s, was pulled from the three-storey house.
Neighbours reported seeing her garage door exploding and flames were engulfing the upper levels before they entered to save the screaming woman.
The rescuers also broke the windows of her car, to save her two husky dogs trapped inside.
The woman suffered serious burns to her face and body and was taken to hospital by ambulance.
