The cause of a Peterborough house fire has been confirmed by Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service. 

Crews from Dogsthorpe and Stanground were called to the blaze on Sheepwalk in Paston at 6.30am on Saturday, May 25. 

Firefighters arrived to find a fire in a house. Wearing breathing apparatus they extinguished the fire using hose reels and cleared the smoke using a positive pressure ventilation fan.  

The property was evacuated when the crews arrived.  

The crews returned to their stations by 9.45am.