ONE person has been treated for smoke inhalation after a fire in a Herefordshire home.

A fire service spokesperson said firefighters from Ross-on-Wye Fire Station were called to a report of a fire in Wilton just before 8pm yesterday evening (January 27).

On arrival, crews found a fire had spread from a wood burning stove in the home to the wooden mantle. 

The crew worked to put out the fire while paramedics treated one casualty for smoke inhalation.