A Darwin woman who used a hose to save a burning apartment building was so caught up in the moment she didn’t realise she was topless.

Tash Bennett was sunbaking by the pool at the Alatai Apartments in Darwin on Thursday when she noticed specks of ash falling on her, the NT News reports.

When Ms Bennett looked up, she saw a nearby palm tree on fire.

Ms Bennett rushed to the reception for help before arming herself with a fire hose and returning to the tree.

It was only after the fire was out she realised she had no bikini top on.

“I was sunbaking. I wasn’t exactly prepared … but you’ve got to put out the fire before you deal with that,” Ms Bennett was quoted as saying.

Her husband Daniel McNamee said the flames could have taken out the building. He was proud of his wife, he said.

“She was just lying there thinking, ‘it’s getting pretty hot here’,” Mr McNamee said.

“At one stage she had quite an audience, just having a laugh.”

Source: ninemsn.com.au