Firefighters had to remove an iron roof to fight a fire in a shearing quarters near Taihape.
Fire and Emergency were called to the rural fire just before 7am on Thursday.
Crews from Taihape arrived at the shearing quarters in Moawhango to find a small fire in the ceiling.
An iron roof was removed to access and extinguish the blaze.
The fire was put out and crews left the scene shortly after 8.30am.
