At 12:03pm on Thursday, 20 August, we received reports of a fire in a flat on Tidman Road in Reading.

Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service crews from Whitley Wood and Slough fire stations were sent to the scene, alongside one crew from Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service.

Upon arrival, crews found a small fire on the kitchen cooker. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used one hose reel jet to extinguish the fire, before using a ventilation fan to clear the smoke from the property.

They were on scene for approximately 39 minutes.