Police and firefighters have been seen chasing after a man following reports of a house fire in Maungatapu.
Emergency services were called to a report of a house fire at the eastern end of Maungatapu Rd just before 3pm, a police media spokeswoman said.
Jake Sellers was picking his son up from school when he saw fire trucks travel past and stop at the house.
Sellers said there was also a police car and a shirtless man outside the house.
"Then a second police car showed up and the guy took off. The guy ran towards the house and all of a sudden the police ran after him, then the fire people started running after them," he said.
