Two women needed medical treatment after a house fire yesterday (Sunday).

At 10.56am on Sunday crews from March, Chatteris and Wisbech were called to the fire on Peyton Avenue in March.

Firefighters arrived to find a fire in a first-floor bedroom of a house. Wearing breathing apparatus they extinguished the fire using hose reels and a jet. Two female casualties required treatment for smoke inhalation and were left in the care of ambulance crews.

The crews returned to their stations by 1.45pm.