Shotley peninsula firefighters based at Holbrook quickly dealt with a small fire at Stutton overnight.

The crew was called out just before midnight, and had made the home in Stutton Close secure before leaving at 00.30 this morning.

Holbrook, which includes retained firefighters, had earlier attended an incident of a small fire at the Street, Freston on Thursday afternoon, but again had everything under control within half an hour.

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