Derry house fire accidental

A fire in a house in Derry this morning was started accidentally, the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service has said.

Two fire crews from Northland Road and one from Crescent Link responded to the blaze in a house in George Street, off Wapping Lane in the Fountain area, which was reported just after 10.00am.

The fire had broken out in the second floor of the mid-terraced property.

A Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service spokesperson said: “Six firefighters wearing breathing apparatus entered the property to a back bedroom of the property where the fire is believed to have started.

“No one was inside the property during the incident.” The spokesperson concluded: “The incident finished at 11:23am and is being treated as an accidental fire.”