Two men are in custody after a house caught fire during a drug bust in Northland on Saturday.
Emergency services, including police, St John ambulance, a rescue helicopter and five fire trucks, attended the incident which started when police executed a search warrant at a Punaruku property, about 48km north of Whangārei, near Helena Bay, around 5.30am.
A 39-year-old man was taken into custody on arrival.
However, the second man allegedly "ignored repeated requests to surrender", police said.
"Fire and Emergency Services were called after a fire broke out at the property," a police spokesperson said.