THREE fire engines attended a building fire in Tonedale, after a heating system is believed to have caught fire.

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue services were called to attend to a fire on Milverton Road at midday today.

Three fire engines were dispatched as well as an aerial ladder platform.

The building was smoke logged and three people had evacuated.

Firefighters in breathing apparatus searched the building and it is believed that the fire which involved the heating system had self-extinguished.

The building was later ventilated.