I'm writing to the paper to thank some people that helped us on Tuesday, July 7 at around 5pm.

We were at the top of the Kaimai's, on the side of the road, with a flat tyre when the car caught fire, unbeknown to us as we were still in it.

A dark grey 4-wheel-drive vehicle stopped and the man ran across the road to us with a fire extinguisher, calling to us and managed to put the fire out. To him we will be forever grateful.

I have no idea who he was as he was gone again nearly as fast as he arrived but thank you so much also to the man in the white 4-wheel-drive that also stopped to see it we were ok.

Also thank you to the Matamata Police man who took us home to Tauranga.

P Young, Tauranga