A fire in a rural Tauranga house this morning was mostly contained to a bedroom and the ceiling cavity above, a firefighter says.
Greerton Station officer Richard Moreland said the whole house was extensively damaged by smoke in the early morning blaze.
He said no one was in the Minden Rd house at the time of the fire but firefighters had been in touch with the owner of the property.
The first firefighters on the scene, a Tauranga crew, hit the blaze with a high-pressure delivery from the outside, Mr Moreland said.