A large emergency service presence was seen in a Norfolk village after a house fire broke out. 

Firefighters were called to the blaze in The Drove in Barroway Drove, near Downham Market, at about 6.25pm on Monday. 

A spokesman for Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service said crews wore breathing apparatus and used main jets and hose reel jets to extinguish the blaze. 

Appliances from Downham Market, King's Lynn North and South, Swaffham and Fakenham and an aerial ladder platform and water carrier were called to the incident. 

A thermal imaging camera was used to check for hot spots. 

The fire service called a stop time at about 11pm.