Emergency crews responded to two separate structure fires in the South yesterday.
A Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesman said an Oamaru crew was responding to a shed fire reported about 11.15am yesterday..
Initial reports had been of a backyard fire, which appeared to have spread to a 3m by 5m shed, he said.
There were no reports of injury.
Earlier, two fire crews from Te Anau and Mossburn had been called to a small "smouldering" fire in the floor of a house in The Key, Southland at 11am.
The spokesman said there were no reports of injuries and all occupants had been evacuated. — APL
