Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton firefighters tackle bedroom blaze

FIREFIGHTERS were called to a Budleigh Salterton home on Monday morning after a blaze broke out in a first-floor bedroom.

FIREFIGHTERS were called to a Budleigh Salterton home on Monday morning after a blaze broke out in a first-floor bedroom.

Fire crews from Budleigh Salterton and Exmouth arrived at Penlee shortly after 10.30am where they found a fire in a bedroom at the property.

The fire crews wore breathing apparatus and used a hose reel to tackle the fire, and a ventilation fan to clear smoke from the property.