Firefighters are battling a house fire in north Auckland this afternoon.
Flames could be seen rising from a two-storey house on Manly’s Rawhiti Rd in Whangaparāoa.
![The house fire on Rawhiti Rd, Manly, on the Whangaparāoa Peninsula. Photo / John Sefton](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/IQITD72QO5CMPN6MKWE54XME2I.jpg?auth=cb9aa46b9fe330ec103209157b377eac6f1aa4f6f00f7c3baf9d7238f3817182&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
A Fire and Emergency NZ spokesman said the first call came through at 2.39pm and three fire trucks were initially sent to the scene.