A QUICK-thinking builder saved a dog from injury or worse after a fire broke out near its kennel earlier today.

Firefighters along with police were called to Bridge Street, in Birstall, after a garden waste fire spread to a nearby tree and threatened an adjacent bungalow.

West Yorkshire Police said the builder, who had gone to see what the smoke was, noticed the kennel and the frightened dog tethered inside and managed to rescue it before alerting the emergency services.

Firefighters were able to put out the blaze before it spread to nearby properties.