A person has been rescued from a burning house after firefighters and an air ambulance raced to the scene. 

Emergency services descended on the home in Wingate Avenue, High Wycombe due to a blaze on the second floor. 

One male was rescued by firefighters during the incident which saw an air ambulance and Thames Valley Police also attend. 

Two males and one female were then passed into the care of South Central Ambulance Service.

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Firefighters from High Wycombe and Beaconsfield used two sets of breathing apparatus and one hose reel jet to extinguish the flames. 

Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service said the second floor was '20 per cent damaged by smoke and approximately five per cent damaged by fire.' 

Once the blaze was extinguished, firefighters carried out a Home Fire Safety Visit.

The incident took place at 9.26pm on Friday (November 22).