Crews tackle accidental house fire in Stoke-on-Trent

Firefighters have extinguished an accidental house fire in Stoke-on-Trent.

We were called at 11.20pm on Monday (29 September) to Algar Road, Springfields, following reports of a house fire.

Three appliances attended the scene and found a fire in an upstairs bedroom.

Crews used breathing apparatus and two hose reel jets to extinguish the fire and nobody was reported injured.

The fire was deemed to have been caused accidentally, by a faulty remote-control car which had exploded.

Crews left the scene at 7am on Tuesday (30 September).