A firefighter has been injured after falling 2.7 metres through a ceiling while battling a house fire in Hastings.
Firefighters rushed to a house fire shortly before 9pm on Monday on Norton Rd in the suburb of Longlands.
A smoke alarm alerted the residents to the blaze in the ceiling cavity and firefighters arrived soon after.
Hastings senior station officer Bruno Saathof said the early detection meant crews could get the fire under control “fairly quickly” and stop it spreading to the entire home.