Occupants escape injury in Derry house fire

No one was injured in a fire in a semi-detached house in the Creggan area of Derry.

Appliances from Northland station attended the blaze in a house on the Rathmore Road where a wood burning stove had overheated.

Working smoke alarms had alerted the occupants to the danger.

Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus ventilated the property and used a hosereel jet to deal with the incident.

A thermal imaging camera was also used to check an adjoining house.

The incident occurred just before 3.00pm yesterday but details have just been released.