FIRE ENGINES from Crewkerne and Yeovil were sent out to a garage fire in Crewkerne last night.

The fire crews were called to the incident at around 2.30am this morning (July 10) in Kithill, Crewkerne.

On arrival the incident commander confirmed smoke and flames coming from a single-storey garage at the rear of a property.

Crews got to work with two breathing apparatus, two hose reel jets and a thermal image camera.

Fire crews reported that 15 to 20 per cent of the flat-roof building was invloved in the fire.

At around 3.15am, crews started working at stripping back the roofing materials to check for fire spread.

Police also attended the incident.