A WOMAN has been taken to hospital after a house fire in a Herefordshire village.

Firefighters from Hereford and Peterchurch fire stations were called to Preston-on-Wye just before 12pm today (September 22), a fire service spokesperson said.

On arrival, they found the fire was in the kitchen of a bungalow.

One casualty, a woman, was taken to hospital with smoke inhalation.