A woman has been taken to hospital following a house fire on Myrtle Road in Acton this morning.

Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus rescued a woman who was taken to hospital by London Ambulance Service crews.

Another man was also taken to hospital after suffering from smoke inhalation.

The London Fire Brigade was called at 10:37am this morning and the fire was under control by 11:26am.

The cause of the fire is currently under investigation.

Part of a room on the ground floor of the terraced house and a small part of a room on the first floor have suffered fire damage.

Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters were called to the blaze, and fire crews from Acton, Chiswick and Hammersmith fire stations attended the scene.

Road closure are in place and drivers have been warned to avoid the area if possible while investigations are carried out.

A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We were called at 10.41am today (8 November) to reports of an incident at a residential address on Myrtle Road, W3.

"We sent an ambulance crew, a medic in a car, and an incident response officer.

"We treated two people at the scene and took them to a hospital."