Firefighters have extinguished an "accidental" house fire in Stoke-on-Trent.

Crews from Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to a house on Farmwood Close in Meir following reports of a fire at 9.45pm on Tuesday (16 June).

The service said the cause of the fire was deemed to be accidental, by clothes being left on a cooker.

A spokesperson for Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service said: "Three appliances attended the scene and found a fire on the first floor of the property.

"Crews used two hose reel jets to extinguish the fire and ventilated the property."

Paramedics from West Midlands Ambulance Service treated a man at the scene for smoke inhalation. He did not require hospital treatment.

The cause was deemed to be accidental, by clothes being left on a cooker.

Crews left the scene at 12.30am on Wednesday (17 June)

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