FIRE crews in Wotton-under-Edge responded to an emergency call from a woman suffering a cardiac arrest.

The call came from a woman in Rosemary Terrace, Wotton, at 3.15pm.

With no ambulances in the immediate vicinity, firefighters attended the scene and gave first aid to the woman until paramedics arrived at the scene.

An ambulance arrived shortly afterwards and the woman was taken to hospital.