A WOMAN treated for smoke inhalation after a fire in her bedroom might not have been so lucky if it had happened tonight.

Firefighters attended the house in Christine Avenue, Rushwick at 11.45pm yesterday.

Breathing apparatus was used to enable firefighters from Worcester's Blue Watch to control the flames.

Leading firefighter Keith Peters said the house would have been destroyed if the fire had happened 24 hours later. "We've got no gripe with the Army but they haven't got the knowledge we have," he said.