FIREFIGHTERS were called to a student house in Beeston after a fire broke out in one of the bedrooms.
Curtains in the Lower Regent Street bedroom were set alight on Saturday (oct 11)after flames spread from a candle.
Two students, renting the property, dialled 999 and did their best to put out the flames before two fire engines arrived at around 1.30pm.
No one was injured in the incident, which was attended by crews from Highfields Fire Station.
One of the students, 26, who asked not to be named, said: "We had two minutes of panic. It was a shock to see the curtains go up because we'd used he safest type of candles. It's not the nicest thing to see in your bedroom."
Her housemate, 27, who also attends the University of Nottingham, said: "The fire service were here within two minutes of us calling. They were really good. I called them as soon as I saw the flames.
"Our other housemate was out at the time and he was a bit surprised to hear what had happened when we called him.
"Fortunately is didn't spread anywhere else in the house. There was some damage to the frame of the window and obviously the curtains were burnt but that was it.
"The fire fighters told us to be more vigilant with candles in the future."
The two fire crews used a positive pressure ventilation fan, a hose reel and two sets of breathing apparatus to put the fire out.
