FIREFIGHTERS tackled a house fire for several hours in Cuddington on Saturday night.

Crews from Northwich, Nantwich and Winsford, as well as a hydraulic platform from Lymm, were sent to the house in Sandown Crescent at 11.46pm.

Firefighters were at the scene for six hours.

A spokesman for Cheshire Fire Service said: “Firefighters were called to a house fire on Sandown Crescent, Cuddington. Crews, two wearing breathing apparatus, used two hose reel jets and a hydraulic platform to extinguish the fire which was in the roof space of the property.”