A 50-YEAR-old man has been arrested on suspicion of arson following a fire at a property in Leominster.

Emergency services received reports of smoke coming from the window of an address on Etnam Street at around 2am this morning. 

Firefighters from Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service attended the property, along with officers from West Mercia Police.

A joint statement said: "On discovering a blaze, fire crews wearing breathing apparatus tackled it with hose reel jets and a covering jet.

"Those inside the inside the building were safely evacuated, and nobody was seriously injured."