FIREFIGHTERS were called to a blaze in the chimney of a house in Simonstone.
Two crews attended the incident in Whins Lane at around 5pm.
They gained access to the chimney using a ladder to put out the fire before checking the scene with a thermal imaging camera.
A spokesman for the fire service said that nobody was in the property or suffered any injuries.
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