I came to Queenstown for a quiet, stress free life !!!! A week ago we had a small earthquake and yesterday we have this happen.
I was woken at 2am by what I thought were gunshots. Looking out my front door I could see sparks flying high into the air above the Paragon Theatre across the road. My second thought was fireworks but the orange glow of the fire reflected on the Empire Hotel made it all too clear it was something much bigger.
One of the local Fire Brigade guys drove past on his way to the fire station up the road so I knew they would all be on their way.
