CALL OUT: The emergency services were called to Lower Howsell Road, Malvern (Image: Google)
EMERGENCY services were called to a house fire which turned out to be a faulty television.
Two crews from Worcester and one from Malvern attended the fire at 8.50pm on Tuesday, (October 10).
A Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said the initial call-out was to a house fire with persons reported in Lower Howsell Road, Malvern.
The spokesperson said: "A television was reported to have been smoking but this was believed to be an electrical fault and there was no fire.
"A full property inspection was carried out using a thermal imaging camera.
"Police and ambulance also attended but all persons were accounted for and there were no casualties."
Firefighters left the scene at 9.58pm.
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