Large house fire extinguished in Stoke-on-Trent

Firefighters have extinguished a large house fire in Stoke-on-Trent.

We were called at 9.20am today (Thursday 12 November) to Ford Green Road, Smallthorne, following reports of smoke coming from a building.

Three appliances and the aerial ladder platform (ALP) attended the scene and found a fire on the first floor of a house.

Firefighters forced entry to the house and used hose reel jets to extinguish the fire.

The property was searched and nobody was found inside.

Crews remain at the scene to identify and extinguish any hotspots.

An investigation into the cause of the fire will take place in due course.