WATCH: Video shows huge fire at 194-year-old Derbyshire church

Emergency services were called to Kilburn Methodist Church in Belper after the fire broke out at 12.24am this morning.

Nearby homes were evacuated by police as the fire sent thick clouds of black smoke billowing into the sky.

Six engines, an aerial ladder platform and support vehicle attended the scene on Chapel Street and the fire was extinguished by 7.20am.

The historic building was left gutted with severe damage to its roof, doors and windows but nobody is believed to have been injured.

A joint police and fire investigation has since been launched to establish the cause of the blaze.