A lucky escape for a couple on Auckland's North Shore this morning.

Jonny Wray's coffee barista Neil Morris was on his way to an event when he spotted a fire in the garage of a house in Takapuna.

He quickly sprang into action to wake the couple, and get a hose going on the flames.

"Being it's 6:30 in the morning everyone's still fast asleep I suppose. So I did a u-turn and ran up to the house and another gentleman had actually stopped. He phoned the fire brigade and I ran and got the occupants out of the house."