A WOMAN was taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation following a kitchen fire at her home.
Firefighters were called to Shepherd Road in Tewkesbury at around 8.15pm last night.
A spokesman for Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service said she called 999 distraught and said her kitchen was on fire.
Nine firefighters went to the blaze from Tewkesbury Fire Station and were there for an hour.
She was taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation.
Station commander Phil Ryan said: "On this occasion the early indication of the fire, due to the smoke alarm activation, limited the damage to the kitchen area and enabled crews to quickly access and extinguish the fire preventing further damage throughout the property."