Firefighters from Portland Fire Station were called to reports of a property fire on The Grove.
Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service was alerted to the incident at 12.16pm yesterday.
A spokesman for the fire service said: “The fire had been extinguished prior to the arrival of the crews therefore they did not take any fire-fighting action, only a safety inspection.
“The stop message came in at 12:32pm.”
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