FIREFIGHTERS were called to a fire in a flat in Oxford today.

Emergency crews were alerted to the blaze in a first floor-flat in Oakthorpe Manor, Oakthorpe Road, Summertown, at 3.11am.

Two crews from Oxford attended the scene and firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used a hose reel to extinguish the fire.

One person was treated for smoke inhalation by paramedics.

A spokesman for Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said: "This was a small fire in the living room of a first-floor flat."

Thames Valley Police were called to the scene, but it is not yet known whether they are treating the fire as suspicious.