Fire near ZQN runway

Firefighters were quick to respond to a scrub fire near Queenstown Airport this afternoon.

Crews were called to undeveloped land behind Woolworths supermarket (formerly Countdown), Five Mile, Frankton, shortly after 3.30pm.

"Luckily we got into it really quickly and knocked it back," Frankton Fire Brigade's Senior Station Officer Paul Halstead says.

"We had the support of Queenstown Airport Fire, with their monitor [the big water gun], which helped expediate the process.

"We're now just working on hotspots, and we'll keep a close eye out for what may have caused it, and then it's down to the police and fire investigators to determine whether there's any other action required."

No flights were delayed by the fire, which was extinguished within about 15 minutes of the call.

"It was important to get to it quickly. It had the potential to delay flights at the airport but the bigger risk for us was that it could spread to nearby buildings."

Queenstown fire brigade also turned out.