Chicken shed on fire in Papaiti Rd, Whanganui

Fire crews are putting out a fire in a Whanganui chicken shed. Photo / Bevan Conley

Fire services have extinguished a fire in a chicken shed at a rural Whanganui property.

A Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesman said a disused chicken shed was on fire on Papaiti Rd.

Three appliances are in attendance from Whanganui.

Whanganui Fire Brigade senior station officer Shane Dudley said the chicken shed - that was 500 square metres in size - was demolished by the fire.

“We used a digger because we needed to get under all the roofing iron to put out the fire that was underneath.

“There were three crews up there and it was very time-consuming, it was labour intensive.”

A specialist fire investigator was currently at the scene to determine the cause of the chicken shed fire.

Eva de Jong is a reporter for the Whanganui Chronicle covering health stories and general news. She began as a reporter in 2023.