A fire broke out in a kitchen of a flat in Poundbury.

Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of a fire in some flats on Peverell Avenue West at about 6.49pm yesterday.

Two fire engines were sent out and the firefighters found the blaze in the kitchen of a first floor flat. The crews extinguished the fire by isolating it and removing it from the property.