A husband and wife from Poole have escaped from an 'intense' fire at their Upton home, thanks to smoke alarms recently fitted during Dorset Fire and Rescue's ongoing safety campaign.

The couple, thought to be elderly, got out unharmed after a blaze started by a halogen heater being left too close to combustible materials within the garage.

The kitchen was also caught up in the flames, and the rest of the house, and a neighbour's suffered smoke and heat damage.