EMERGENCY services were called after a house caught on fire in Buckinghamshire.

Firefighters from Gerrards Cross, High Wycombe and Amersham rushed to The Rowans in Chalfont St Peter on Friday, October 20 at about 4pm.

A downstairs office room was on fire when they arrived to the residential road.

They used four sets of breathing apparatus, two hose reel jets and a positive pressure ventilation fan, and the gas and electric supply was isolated.

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Bucks Free Press: The Rowans in Chalfont St Peter The Rowans in Chalfont St Peter (Image: Google Street View)

Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service said: “The property was 100 per cent damaged by smoke and approximately 20 per cent damaged by fire.

“The firefighters used a thermal imaging camera to reinspect the property for hotspots later that evening.”