Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service is warning people to take extra care after a garden fire spread to a property in Stafford.

On Saturday (15 August), at around 1.10pm, crews were called to Exeter Street following reports of a fire.

When firefighters arrived the garden was well alight and the fire had spread into a house.

Three appliances attended the scene and the fire was extinguished.

Nobody was reported as injured.

Station Manager Russ Brown, who attended the scene, said :"With the current warm, dry conditions we are experiencing across Staffordshire, we are pleading with people to take extra care when outside.

"The risk of fire spreading and becoming out of control is incredibly high and our resources are stretched with the current demand.

"We deemed the cause of the fire to be accidental, by discarded smoking materials, so I would urge people to make sure cigarettes are extinguished and not dropped on dry grass."

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