Man in custody after police storm house and retrieve boy

A SIX-HOUR siege ended today when firemen doused a house in water to help police officers rescue an 11-year-old boy.

The fire truck was used to saturate the interior of the house where a man had doused rooms in petrol and barricaded himself inside with one of his four children, Perth Now reports.
Tactical Response Group officers then stormed through the front door, retrieving the unharmed boy, and taking a 41-year-old man into custody .

Police made their move around 2.10pm WST. A series of loud cracks echoed around the property as a number of officers took up position. The fire truck doused the house from a back entrance.

The water tactic was used simultaneously with a raid by police, helping them to overpower the man after lengthy negotiations with police and the man's family members failed.