Person, dog and guinea pig rescued from house fire in Enborne Road, Newbury

There is a fire in Enborne Road in Newbury.

Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service received reports of a fire at a house at 1pm today (Wednesday).

Two crews from Newbury and a crew from Theale were sent to the scene, together with one officer.

Upon arrival, crews located a fire in a first floor bedroom.

One person received immediate emergency care at the scene and was placed in the care of South Central Ambulance Service.

Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus rescued one guinea pig and one dog from the property and extinguished the fire using two hose reels, before ventilating the property.

Crews were on the scene for about one hour and 10 minutes.

Two police cars and two ambulances were also in attendance.

Enborne Road is closed between its junctions with Salcombe Road and Kingsbridge Road.

Newburytoday has asked the three emergency services for more information and will provide updates when we have them.