Block of flats evacuated after chip pan fire
Published 9 Oct 2010 18:15
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A BLOCK of flats was evacuated after an unattended chip pan caused a small kitchen fire.
A fire crew from Wokingham Road fire station attended the blaze at a flat in Newcastle Road, Whitley at 1.47pm today (Saturday).
Firefighters were alerted after fire alarms in the block went off and a neighbour spotted smoke pouring from a window.
Crew manager Simon Stephenson said: “Residents should not ever leave chip pans unattended.”
Firefighters were there for about half an hour and had to give a man who suffered a panic attack after being evacuated oxygen treatment.
There was mainly smoke damage to the flat, believed to be owned by a man in his late 40s.
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