A working smoke alarm is being praised for saving a property from a potentially destructive fire early this morning.

Greerton Fire Brigade was called to a fire on a property on Belk Road in Omanawa at around 3.20am.

Firefighters were called to a shed fire in Omanawa early this morning. Photo: File.

Greerton Fire Brigade senior station officer Neil Brown says it was a small fire in a room at the back of a garage on a rural lifestyle property.

'It was just a very minor one for us really,” says Neil.

'The occupants had put it out before we arrived.

'Thanks to a good smoke alarm it pretty much saved the property from a whole lot more damage.”