Chip pan fire at a Banbridge flat

Sounding alarms alerted the occupier of a house fire in Banbridge in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

By The Newsroom

Published 27th Jan 2015, 18:13 BST

Fire crews from Banbridge station attended a chip pan fire in the kitchen of a flat at Millmount Court in the town.

Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used a hosereel jet and a covering jet to deal with the fire.

Sounding smoke alarms alerted the occupier who evacuated the flat on arrival of Fire Rescue Service.

The cause of the fire appeared accidental.

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