Cumbria Fire and Rescue attended a fire at a property on Trumpet Road just after midnight.
A spokesperson from Cumbria CFRS said:
"At 0012 hours two fire engines were mobilised to Trumpet Road Cleator to a domestic building fire.
"Crews upgraded the incident and a further fire engine was mobilised to the incident.
"Crews used one hose reel, one positive pressure ventilator to extinguish the fire and were engaged for forty five minutes."