A blaze gutted the garage of a detached house in Kenton.

The occupants of the two-storey property in Alicia Gardens managed to get out before the 20 firefighters arrived to fight the flames at 5.45pm yesterday.

A spokesman for the London Fire Brigade said: "100 per cent of the garage was damaged by fire, and five per cent of the house."

Four crews quelled the blaze within 45 minutes.

The cause of the fire is unknown and members of the brigade's fire investigation unit are due to recommence their site surveys today.