Fire appliances from Acomb and York have dealt with a fire in a semi detached house on Askham Lane in York early this morning.

Crews arrived on scene to discover a first floor bedroom well alight.

The fire was extinguished using 4 breathing apparatus, 2 hosereel jets, a positive pressure ventilation fan and a thermal imaging camera.

A first floor bedroom suffered severe fire, heat and smoke damage. The remainder of the first floor suffered severe smoke damage and the ground floor suffered moderate smoke damage.

4 occupants (2 adults and 2 teenagers) in the property at the time of the fire managed to escape prior to the arrival of fire crews. They have been taken to hospital with possible smoke inhalation.

The cause of the fire is believed to be an overheated electrical appliance.