Police are searching for a person who started a fire in a vehicle and left the scene on foot in Minden.
Police were alerted to an incident in Vernon Rd at 10.13am, a police spokesperson said.
"Police are now working to locate the individual."
A Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesperson said a car fire had spread to vegetation. The scrub fire was 100m by 30m.
"The fire is extinguished now and we're just dampening down hotspots."
