A delivery contractor became an unwitting hero after discovering a mysterious car fire at a Whanganui rest home in the early hours of yesterday morning. David Bell arrived at the Nazareth Rest Home on St John’s Hill around 3am to drop off newspapers and noticed flames licking the inside window of a Ford Fiesta in the home’s carpark. “I saw flames coming out the driver’s side. I rang the door bell and alerted someone to what was happening and then I rang the fire brigade on my cellphone,” Mr Bell said. Nazareth manager Trish Boswell said Mr Bell’s quick actions, and the fast response from local firefighters, might have averted a major incident.
