A CAT has been rescued from a house in Colchester after fire broke out in a kitchen.

A CAT has been rescued from a house in Colchester after fire broke out in a kitchen.

Fire crews were called to Beaconsfield Avenue at about 6pm tonight after the blaze started when the house was empty.

Firefighters left the cat in the care of the owners who arrived back as the flames were being put out by crews from Colchester fire station.