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Large hailstone in woman's hand.

Dozens of large, golf ball sized hail on a lawn.

Waterbombing helicopter over bushland.

A map of Queenstown showing the location of the fire near Colville Street.

"The cause of the fire is under investigation, but it is believed to be a separate incident to the West Coast complex of fires,"
he said.

A fire burns red in the sky behind a residential property.

Flames and smoke visible above trees

A purple-white coloured lightning strike hits the ocean, against a dark grey sky.

Green hills near Queenstown obscured by bushfire smoke. Residential houses in foreground.

"I got all my cats boxed up and went to the front of the house and we're ready to go if we need to,"
he said.
A 40 kilometre per hour school sign in foreground with smoke from fire in the background.

"Stay safe and take necessary precautions."

A helicopter flying through smoke, photographed from underneath

"We're sort of watching it on the first lot of hills behind us, or up behind the town, it's very close, you can certainly see all the flames,"
Ms Chappell said.

Joy Chappell speaks and gestures with a hand.

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Joy Chappell looks out a window towards bushfire smoke.

A pink and purple sky filled with smoke.

Flames and smoke visible on hills

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