A FIRE broke out in the cellar of a property in St John's as well as a bedroom in Northwick.

Firefighters from Worcester put out the flames in the basement of the property on Bromwich Road at 1.14pm today (Friday).

The fire involved the mains electric panel.

A small fire also broke out in a bedroom at a property in Northwick.

Firefighters from Droitwich and Malvern attended at just after 1.30pm.

The two crews managed to extinguish the blaze.

Worcester fire crew was also called to a skip fire in Rushwick at just after 12pm.

Firefighters extinguished a skip which was on fire outside the front of a property.