Firefighters called out to smoke-filled home

Firefighters from Dewsbury and Mirfield were called to the home at 11.40pm last night (Sunday).

They found the house on Clough Lane to be full of smoke - the cause being an oak beam in the fireplace, which had been slowly burning for a unknown length of time.

Watch Commander Richard Carr, of Dewsbury Blue Watch, said: “It wasn’t a severe fire but it had clearly been burning for a while. The fire was touching the oak beam and it seemed to have been burning for a long while - not just last night.

“Smoke had gone up to the attic and we did a thorough check of the property to ensure nothing else was on fire.

“We removed the beam and part of the chimney breast.”