A FIRE badly damaged the roof of a house in Kenton in the early hours of this morning.

Four fire engines and around 20 firefighters were called to the blaze damaging the roof of a two storey semi-detached house, in Shaftesbury Avenue, at around 1.55am this morning.

The fire also damaged the roof of a next door house and it was brought under control at around 2.40am.

Crews from Stanmore, Wembley and Harrow stations were at the scene.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.