Four fire crews were called to a fire in a flat in Cheddar this morning (January 24).

Just before 7am, a call was initially received at Fire Control from an alarm monitoring company reporting a fire alarm sounding at a premises at Lower North Street, in Cheddar. One fire engine from Cheddar was alerted to attend the property to investigate.

A few minutes later a further call was received directly from the property and through further questioning it was established that there was smoke within the building.

Fire Control immediately alerted a further two fire engines from Wells and Burnham-on-Sea, along with the aerial ladder from Taunton and an officer.

Following the arrival of the Cheddar crew at the scene, it was discovered that there was a fire within a microwave in the kitchen of a flat, and firefighters set to work using two sets of breathing apparatus, one hose reel jet and one covering jet.

They advised that the appliance from Wells and the aerial ladder were not required at the incident, and they were returned to their respective stations to be available for further fire calls.

There was no fire damage to the property and crews used pressure ventilation to ensure that the premises was fully cleared of smoke.