FIRE crews were called to tackle a blaze at a house in Ballasalla on Saturday afternoon after a heating boiler caught fire.

Two fire engines were called to the property in Main Road at 3.35pm.
Firefighters were at the scene for an hour and used hand appliances to tackle the blaze.

After the fire was brought under control crews stayed at the scene to ventilate the property.

The fire service advises householders to have boilers serviced annually by an engineer and to have carbon monoxide detection alarms fitted.

For fire safety advice or a free home safety visit call 647303 or visit