FIRE CREWS were called to a fire at a house started by youngsters playing with matches.

A woman and three young children managed to escape from the house in Accrington Road, Blackburn, before firefighters arrived. The blaze started shortly before 9am yesterday . No-one was injured.

Officers used breathing apparatus to put out the fire, which started in the front bedroom.

Station officer Aiden Fortune said: "The children were experimenting with fire."