A person was treated with oxygen after a house fire in Stevenage in the early hours of this morning.

Both crews from the town were called just after 3am after reports that a dishwasher had caught alight at a house in Mandeville.

One person received oxygen at the scene.

It follows another fire in Hitchin last night which also saw someone given oxygen after suffering from smoke inhalation.

A crew from the town were called just before 7pm to reports that two sheds in Bedford Road were well alight.

The patient was left in the care of the ambulance service.