Cornwall Fire & Rescue Service Newsdesk

Church Road, Illogan at 05/01/2017 02:18

Smoke detectors raised the alarm to a neighbour who dialled 999 after smelling smoke near his flat, crews from Tolvaddon were alerted to investigate, on arrival crews found a flat heavily smoke logged, an elderly male self evacuated but was suffering from smoke inhalation so an Ambulance was requested. Crews used a positive pressure fan to ventilate the property and gave the casualty oxygen until the arrival of the Ambulance.

Cooking related fires can be very dangerous and over the past three years there have been two deaths and six serious injuries due to this type of incident. Nearly all of these fires occurred in the kitchen and the majority are related to the oven (60%) and then the grill/ toaster (15%).

Follow these simple tips on the link below to help keep your kitchen safe.

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