Four fire trucks responded to a fire at a residential dwelling in Embo St, Caversham, about 1.20pm yesterday.
The homeowners, who did not wish to be named, said there was a fire in their roof space but they did not know what caused it.
They were alerted to the fire by a neighbour who phoned them to say smoke could be seen rising from the property.
"The kids are really upset. They’ve gone up to the neighbours," one of the homeowners said.
While they smelled the smoke themselves, they did not know where it was coming from and thought it was from another property, one of the homeowners said.
A Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokeswoman said the fire had been extinguished within the 10m-by-10m roof cavity.
Crews had since left the scene and a fire investigator would respond this morning.
The fire was not being treated as suspicious at this stage, the spokeswoman said.
Firefighters could be seen positioning a ladder in the home’s living room, so they could climb into the roof.
At the scene, Senior Station Officer Michael Johnston said crews had arrived at the scene to find the roof involved in a fire.
"Crews have made entry to the roof space to extinguish the fire, and so now we’re just currently making sure it’s totally extinguished."
Crews had done a good job at extinguishing the fire and saving the rest of the house, SSO Johnston said.
