TWO people have been taken to hospital following a house fire in Worcester.

Emergency services were called to the scene in Park Avenue shortly after 6am today (Thursday).

A fire crew from Worcester arrived to find the blaze had already been put out, and officers ventilated the house.

A man, believed to be in his 50s, was taken to Worcestershire Royal Hospital after suffering burns to his foot.

A woman in her 30s was also taken to Worcestershire Royal, suffering with smoke inhalation.