Firefighters were called to a kitchen fire in a house in Ashford Road on Friday night. Crews wearing breathing apparatus used one hose reel and a dry powder extinguisher to quickly tackle the fire. Crews had extinguished the fire by 6.12pm.Crews reported that the fire had started in the cooker. Incidents like these show the importance of taking extra care when cooking. More fires start in the kitchen than any other room in the house and cooking accounts for more than a third of all house...
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