Fire and Emergency New Zealand shift manager Lauren Sik said two fire crews attended.
Sik said there were reports of a gas leak, and evacuations of the surrounding area have been carried out.
When a Bay of Plenty Times reporter arrived, several police and crew from two fire trucks were still on the scene, and a section of the road was cordoned off due to the gas leak.
A man, retrofitting windows at a property in the street, said he heard “yelling and screaming” from two women, and a white hatchback ended up on a grass area on a nearby traffic island.
“You could hear gas hissing for about an hour and a half coming from a gas valve that the car must have hit near the side of the house.”
The witness said he also saw a woman from the car limping towards a St John ambulance.
He said there was also damage to the fence at the same property
A Hato Hone St John spokesman said a woman, who sustained a minor injury, was taken to Tauranga Hospital from the scene.
