FIRE crews were called to a house fire in Whitchurch just before 10am on Friday.

Two crews from Yelverton and Bere Alston attended the incident at Kingfisher Close.

On arrival it was discovered there had been a kitchen fire in a microwave which was out on arrival but the house was smoke-logged. A positive pressure ventilation fan was used to clear the smoke.

The microwave was severely damaged by the fire.