A man has been killed in a house fire.

Emergency services were called to a blaze at an address in Worcestershire at about 4.35pm yesterday, West Midlands Ambulance Service said.

The fire had taken hold at a house on a road off Lyttleton Avenue in Bromsgrove.

An ambulance service spokesman said: "One person was found inside the property.

"Sadly, nothing could be done to save the person and they were confirmed deceased at the scene."