Three people have died after a fire at a Grade II-listed former railway station in a village in Northamptonshire.

Police, fire and ambulance services were called at about 10.30pm on Friday to reports of a large blaze at a property in Beswick Close in Rushton, near Kettering.

Three people were later confirmed to have died, Northamptonshire police said. No details about the age or identity of the victims have been given.

Images from the site show a large hole burned through the roof of the building, a 19th-century former train station that has been converted into a residential property.

The former Glendon and Rushton railway station is a Grade II-listed building, according to the Historic England website.

Three police officers required hospital assessment because of smoke inhalation, the force added.

The Rushton parish council vice-chair, Mike Brightman, said: “It’s a very sad day for the village, losing some of our residents in such a horrific way.”

The MP for Kettering, Rosie Wrighting, said in a post on Facebook: “I am saddened by this tragic fire and my thoughts are with the family and friends of those involved and everyone in the Rushton community. Thank you to the emergency services who attended the scene.”

One resident told the BBC: “From our drive we [could] see flames. The house was on fire, it was all on fire, but we didn’t know if anybody was in it.

“Everybody is very sad. They’re very distraught.”

The cause of the fire is under investigation by the police and Northamptonshire fire and rescue service.

Train services were affected by the fire, which was near a railway line, because of damage caused to the track, according to the National Rail website.