Firefighters called to Harborough home after dishwasher catches fire

Firefighters dashed to a house fire in Market Harborough after a dishwasher burst into flames.

The people in the house in Nithsdale Avenue, off Northampton Road, got out safely when the machine caught fire just after 7.30pm on Friday night (October 30) and no one was hurt.

Fire crews from Market Harborough and Desborough raced to tackle the fire in the kitchen after the alarm was raised.

About eight firefighters used two breathing apparatus kits, a hose reel jet and a special thermal imaging camera as they battled the blaze for almost 50 minutes.

The dishwasher was wrecked while the kitchen suffered smoke damage as crewmen used a pressure ventilation fan in a bid to clear fumes from the house.