An emergency declaration shutting down several blocks of a small north Queensland town has ended after a man was arrested.

The declaration was made at Donnybrook about 6.44am, with boundaries established on Ann Street, Maud Street, Fisherman Drive, Alice Street and Mary Street.

Police were called to an address within the exclusion zone about an hour earlier, with specialist police negotiating with a man inside a property.

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People in the exclusion zone who were told to remain indoors can now leave after a man was arrested "without incident" police said.

Nobody was injured during the operation.

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