A FIRE broke out in a bedroom in Bournemouth this aftrnoon prompting a fire service response.

Multiple crews from Bournemouth were called to a flat fire in Derby Road at 12.45pm on Tuesday, March 21. 

Firefighters from Springbourne, Westbourne and Redhill Park discovered a fire within the bedroom of a ground floor flat. 

It was extinguished by four breathing apparatus wearers using hose reel jets, according to a spokeswoman from Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service. 

The spokeswoman added: “Our stop came at 1.32pm.”