A WOMAN was taken to hospital and treated for smoke inhalation following a kitchen fire.

A spokeswoman for Hereford and Worcester Fire Control confirmed three crews from Worcester attended the scene at 3.11am, on Sunday February 23, at a property in Byfield Rise, Worcester.

It is not known how many people were in the property at the time the fire broke out, or the cause of it.

Fire crews left the scene at 4.07am.