Investigators enter a house where the incident took place.
The incident in Hartlepool on Saturday night saw police fire a baton round to ‘bring the incident to a conclusion’ (Picture: NCJ Media)

A man allegedly threatened to kill a woman with a chainsaw before ‘setting himself alight’ at a Hartlepool home.

Armed police rushed to the property on Saturday evening following reports of a ‘high-stakes’ domestic incident.

The woman was uninjured but the man sustained serious self-inflicted burns and was taken to hospital.

One neighbour said: ‘It started about 7pm, first I knew of it was a load of blue lights.

‘The police vans were lined up along the road and the fire engines turned up.

‘Then the armed police came up the road and went into the house.’

Another said the emergency services told local residents to close their curtains and turn lights off.

He made serious threats to kill before police fired a baton round at him, ending the incident.

Police at a house on Campbell Road in Hartlepool
Investigators were seen going into the house on Sunday (Picture: NCJ Media)

A police spokesperson said: ‘The man was arrested in connection with the incident and taken to hospital due to serious burns.

‘A referral has been made to the Independent Office for Police Conduct as a mandatory referral.’

Forensics teams were seen entering the house on Sunday, while a police van was outside and the house taped off.

Police at a house on Campbell Road in Hartlepool
A man has been arrested following the incident (Picture: NCJ Media)

An ambulance spokesman said: ‘We were called to a private address on Campbell Road in Hartlepool around 8.22pm (on Saturday) night.

‘We sent an ambulance and took one patient to hospital. For reasons of confidentiality we are unable to share further information.’

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