FIREFIGHTERS tackled an early hours fire in a house in Boscombe this morning. 

Crews from Springbourne and Christchurch attended a house fire in Walpole Road, Boscombe just before 3am on Tuesday, October 11. 

The fire was put out shortly after the crew arrived. 

A spokesperson for Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service said: “We were called to a fire at a domestic property at 2.42am. 

“Crews from Springbourne and Christchurch attended and the fire was put out on arrival. The crew came to a stop at 3.03am.” 

Read more: Bag of animal bones discovered in Boscombe

Meanwhile yesterday in Walpole Road police and forensics were seen after being made aware of a bag of bones.  

An examination of the bag later revealed they were not human bones but from an animal.