Family flee Southsea toaster fire
It happened this evening around 9.30pm in a flat above Ice Bar, in Highland Road, Southsea.
The toaster was not being used at the time.
Samantha Gattrell, 32, was with her daughter Lexi, seven, and one-year-old pug Lexi when the blaze started.
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Samantha said: 'I just smelled burning, I called my husband, he was downstairs.
'Everyone got out and waited for the fire brigade.'
The residents moved the toaster out on the street before firefighters from Southsea arrived.
A crew used a fan to clear the smoke. Ambulance service staff checked over the family.
No-one was injured.