A man was “lucky to get out” of his home safely after a kitchen blaze in a flat.
Cleveland Fire Brigade was called just after 12am today to reports of a fire at a ground floor flat in Burghley Court in Hemlington.
Two fire crews, one from Coulby Newham and one from Thornaby arrived at the scene shortly after receiving a call just after midnight.
When they arrived, the kitchen of the ground floor flat was well alight and gave first aid and oxygen to a man who had escaped from the flat.
The man was taken to James Cook University Hospital by ambulance to be treated for suffered smoke inhalation.
Fire crews used breathing apparatus and one hose reel to battle the flames and eventually extinguished the fire at about 1am.
The kitchen had almost been completely destroyed by fire and the remainder of the flat was smoke damaged.
Thornaby Fire Station crew manager Dave Bradshaw said: “At the moment we believe it was a chip pan fire.
“The resident was alerted by the smoke alarm, he was very lucky to get out.”
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