PARAMEDICS were forced to take a pair to hospital after a suspected gas leak.

The two people were evacuated from a house in Eldene and taken to hospital for "precautionary checks", Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service said.

Firefighters from across Swindon were also called to the mid-morning incident.

Crews from Swindon's Drove Road fire station, Westlea and Stratton were sent to the suspected gas leak in a house on Bowleymead, Eldene, shortly after 10.40am on Thursday morning.

Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service said that their firefighters had checked the property with air monitoring equipment.