Manurewa fire: One person moderately injured in blaze at South Auckland block of flats

One person has been moderately injured in a house fire in South Auckland this morning.

Emergency services scrambled to the blaze in Manurewa after reports at 11.20am.

Three fire trucks went to the scene, a spokeswoman for Fire and Emergency New Zealand said.

Crews arrived to find a two-storey block of flats on fire, with the flames coming from a unit on the first floor, she said.

St John Ambulance sent three vehicles, an ambulance, a rapid response unit and an operations manager.

Paramedics treated one person on the scene with moderate injuries, a statement said.