A TUMBLE dryer sparked a blaze in a house in the early hours of this morning.
Fire fighters rushed to The Front in Seaton Carew at around 2.30am where they found a property filling with smoke.
Wearing breathing apparatus, two firefighters went into the house and discovered a tumble dryer on fire in a laundry room, which had caused smoke to filter through to the kitchen.

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They managed to extinguish the flames using a hose reel.