Firefighters battle Nelson blaze for two hours before bringing it under control

Nelson fire It took firefighters two hours to contain the blaze which gutted a home in Nelson on Saturday morning. Image / Facebook

Firefighters battled a large Nelson house fire for two hours this morning before finally bringing it under control.

Emergency services received multiple calls to the massive blaze at a two-storey house as Nayland Rd, Stoke at 6.08am.

Stoke Volunteer Fire Brigade were first on the scene to find the property well-ablaze.

They called for back-up from Richmond and Nelson, Fire and Emergency southern shift communications manager Rewi Grace said.

"It took a bit of time to extinguish this blaze," Grace said, with firefighters remaining at the scene into the afternoon.

Fire investigators were working to establish the cause.