A woman has been airlifted to hospital after receiving serious burns in Taupō this morning.
A police spokeswoman said police were told at 5.10am that a woman had walked to a petrol station on Tongariro St after suffering burns from a propane tank at a location near the river.
A Hato Hone St John spokeswoman said the woman was airlifted to Waikato Hospital in a serious condition.
A staff member at the Tongariro St Mobil station said it had been the night-shift worker who attended to the injured woman.
“He was happy he did the right thing and that he was able to help.”