A 51-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life, following a fire at a flat in Ellesmere Port yesterday (Sunday, April 11).

Emergency services were called to a property on the Parklands estate in Little Sutton at 2.10pm and managed to extinguish the blaze and safely evacuate a woman who was inside the building.

The woman was taken to hospital as a precaution and it is not currently known how serious her condition is.

A Cheshire Police spokesperson confirmed that the cause of the fire is currently under investigation.