A WASHING machine caught fire at a house in Northwich.

Firefighters were called to a bungalow on Senna Lane in Comberbach shortly before 7pm on Tuesday, November 1.

Crews wore breathing apparatus and used one hose reel jet to extinguish the fire.

A spokesman for Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service said: “All persons are accounted for and firefighters removed the washing machine from the bungalow.”

One fire engine from Lymm attended the incident.