A WOMAN had to be rescued from a house fire in High Wycombe yesterday.

Firefighters rushed to Plomer Hill on Wednesday, October 26 responding to reports of a bathroom on fire.

Crews from High Wycombe, Beaconsfield and Amersham attended the scene at 5am.

A spokesman from Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue said: "A fire was in progress, in the first-floor bathroom of a two-storey house, when they arrived.

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"The firefighters rescued one woman, who was treated with oxygen therapy for the effects of breathing in smoke."

Firefighters used two sets of breathing apparatus, one hose reel jet, a positive pressure ventilation fan, small tools and a thermal imaging camera.

Thames Valley Police and South Central Ambulance Service also attended.