Two fire crews attend bungalow fire in Chatteris

A fire in a Fenland bungalow was started accidentally says the fire service.

Crews from Chatteris and Sutton attended the incident, which happened at the property in Iretons Way (A142) Chatteris yesterday evening (Monday).

A spokesperson for Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service said: "At 8.32pm on Monday (10) crews from Chatteris and Sutton were called to a fire on Iretons Way in Chatteris.

"Firefighters arrived to find a fire in the loft space of a bungalow. Wearing breathing apparatus they extinguished the fire using a hose reel and returned to their stations by 10.20pm.

"The cause of the fire was accidental."