A SEMI-DETACHED house in Tilehurst was left damaged and full of smoke today after a fire broke out in the kitchen.

Neighbours in Carron Close, off Tay Road, raised the alarm at 12.52pm and firefighters rushed to the Dee Park Estate to battle the blaze.

Crews from Dee Road, Caversham Road and Wokingham Road used breathing apparatus and hose reels to extinguish the flames but the kitchen was damaged and the house had to be ventilated.

No-one was in at the time of the blaze and the cause is unknown.