Firefighters were called to a house near Greenlane Road after two conifer trees caught light.
The blaze was reported by residents at about 10.30pm today.
Crews from eastern station arrived at the scene a short time later and found the flames had spread to the store room of a nearby shop.
They used three hoses to get the fire under control and left the scene at about 11.40pm
Watch manager Nick Stanborough was one of those at the scene.
He said: "We were called by the first crew who needed assistance because the fire had spread to a nearby property.
"We didn't need directions because we could see from the smoke coming from the trees where the fire was located.
"When we arrived the flames were quite big it looked fairly substantial."
Watch manager Stanborough said the cause was still under investigation, but the damage was mainly to the trees and some superficial damage to the rear of the shop.
He said: "It's not always easy to tell how these things started so we can't really say anything until the investigation has taken place."
No one was injured in the fire.
