Advice on Fire Safety After Six Kitchen Fires in One Day
Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service has issued fire safety advice after
firefighters were called to six kitchen fires in one day on Sunday.
Crews were called out to Jacksons Pond Drive, in Gateacre, just after
12.30pm to a blaze at a bungalow. Two egg cartons were damaged by fire
and there was light smoke damage to the kichen. Two fire appliances from
Allerton and Old Swan attended and firefighters were there for around 25
minutes.
A pan of food and its contents were damaged by fire during a blaze in the
kitchen of a house on Green Lane in Old Swan at around 12.50pm. The
ground floor was and the first floor were also smoke damaged. Two fire
appliances from Kirkdale and the City Centre attended and firefighters
were there for around half an hour.
Firefighters were called to a kitchen fire involving a grill pan at a house on
Guild Hey, in Knowsley, just after 2.10pm. A grill pan and grill were
damaged by fire and wall tiles were damaged by heat. Two fire appliances
attended and were there for half an hour.
A fire also broke out at a house on Wirral Mount, in West Kirby, just
before 5.10pm, which involved a quantity of food in the oven. The cooker
and food were damaged by fire. Two fire appliances from Upton and West
Kirby attended and were there for 20 minutes.
Crews were called to a chip pan fire on Radway Road in Huyton, just after
9.30pm. A pan and its contents were damaged by fire. The kitchen and
living room were damaged by smoke. Two fire appliances from Huyton and
Whiston attended and firefighters were there for half an hour.
Firefighters also attended a kitchen fire in a first floor flat on Canning Street
in Liverpool just before 10.50pm. A grill pan and food were damaged by fire
and the remainder of the flat was smoke damaged. Two appliances from the
City Centre and Old Swan and crews were there for around 20 minutes.
Following the incidents Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service has offered fire
prevention advice to householders.
James Berry, Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service Group Manager Prevention,
said: “We would urge people to take extra care in the kitchen.
“Food that is cooking should not be left unattended and if they have to
leave the kitchen, they should take food off the hob and turn the heat
down.
“We advise people not to cook while under the influence of alcohol.
Where possible we would also urge people to use a thermostat controlled
deep-fat fryer rather than a chip pan.
“If there is a kitchen fire, they should get out of the house immediately and
dial 999.”