Firefighters battled a ferocious blaze in a large tool and storage shed near Masterton that ignited nearby fences and threatened the neighbouring Masterton Saleyards at Waingawa yesterday.
Masterton Fire Service station officer Doug Flowerday said the blaze broke out in the 10m x 10m shed about 11.30am and had destroyed the interior of the building and tools and equipment stored in the structure.
![A firefighter hoses down a woodden stockyard fence ignited by radiant heat from a blaze that destroyed the nearby shed. PHOTO/NATHAN CROMBIE](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/W3XYEAZVCHM6B473LLX54QCPS4.jpg?auth=979549f6d60e8cc2fb8c5c5f6424d83e249b055e7db64fd73902b68d1d564974&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
There was no threat posed to people or stock, he said, and firefighters had worn breathing gear to battle the blaze.
Mr Flowerday said firefighters from Masterton and Carterton, and the Carterton water tanker, had successfully contained the blaze to the shed, which was near a smaller outbuilding in an otherwise empty field bordering the stock saleyards.