A Blenheim shop has been badly damaged by a fire this morning.
Fire Service senior communicator Mau Barbara said several people called about 5am about the fire at the On The Spot shop in Budge Street in Riversdale.
Firefighters arrived to find the shop well ablaze, Mr Barbara said.
Four trucks attended and it took over an hour to extinguish.
Fire Safety were investigating the cause of the blaze. No one was in the shop at the time, he said.
