FIRE crews across Dorset are warning the dangers of hoarding.

It follows the ninth annual National Hoarding Awareness Week, which ran between May 16 to 20.

The campaign across the political, health and social care communities to raise awareness of the risks associated with hoarding.

A spokeswoman from Dorset & Wiltshire Fire Rescue Service said: "Hoarders can fill entire rooms from floor to ceiling, leaving themselves the minimum space in which to live.

"This retention of belongings presents a real fire risk and this makes it far harder for firefighters to be able to tackle any blaze."

For more on this, visit: www.hoardingawarenessweek.org.uk