Firefighters were called to action after a house fire was reported.

Crews from both Appleby and Kirkby Stephen attended the 3am blaze.

A spokesman for the crews said: "Appleby appliance, along with our colleagues from Kirkby Stephen, were mobilised to reports of a domestic property fire.

"The fire was confined to the room of origin and had started from a log burning stove.

"The homeowners were alerted to the blaze as they had working smoke detectors in the property

"The crews extinguished the blaze using one hose-reel.

"In this instance, had the smoke alarms not alerted the owner, there would have been extensive damage to the property."