A woman had to be treated by paramedics after a fire broke out in a High Wycombe kitchen.

Firefighters were called to the Dashwood Avenue property at 5.29pm yesterday.

Crews from High Wycombe used a positive pressure ventilation fan, a thermal imaging camera and a toolkit to tackle the blaze.

The kitchen was reportedly 20 per cent damaged by fire and 70 per cent damaged by smoke.

Paramedics treated a woman who was suffering from the effects of breathing in smoke.