A family is alive this morning thanks to their working smoke alarms, according to the fire service.

A 999 call was received by Critical Control this morning just before 12.30am, after a family in Camborne were woken up by the noise of an alarm going off.

A crew from Tolvaddon Fire Station was sent to the street, which has not been identified.

However, the family had managed to put the flames out before the crew arrived, thanks to their early warning.

A fire service spokesperson said: "A small fire was extinguished by the occupants before it had time to develop and before the arrival of the fire appliance.

"The fire crew checked that everything was safe.

"The smoke alarms saved the lives of the family."