Fire fighters spent 40 minutes tackling a fire at an Attleborough house this afternoon.

Crews arrived just after 1.42pm this afternoon to tackle the fire at a house on London Road.

Appliances from Attleborough and Wymondham spent the next 40 minutes putting out the fire which started in the kitchen.

The firefighters wore breathing apparatus and used hose reel jets to extinguish the blaze.

A special ventilation system was used to clear smoke from the building and a thermal image camera were also used.