THREE people have been taken to hospital after a house fire in Rishton.
The blaze occurred in a kitchen extension in Victoria Street at around 9.30am.
Two men and a woman were taken to Royal Blackburn Hospital after suffering from the effects of smoke inhalation.
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Fire crews from Hyndburn and Blackburn attended the incident and used breathing apparatus and hose reel jets.
They also used the Aerial Ladder Platform from Preston as a working platform to strip the roofs back to make sure the fire was out.
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