A total of 14 firefighters using breathing apparatus helped fight a fire in Luton this morning.
Crews were initially called to a detached three storey property in Hayton Close just after 5am.
On arrival they saw the roof was on fire and called for reinforcements to battle the blaze.
The gas and electricity supplies were isolated and over the next two hours crews from Luton, Stopsley, Toddington, Leighton Buzzard and Bedford got the fire under control.