Burnt lunch sparks emergency call to home in Gosport

SMOKE from a burnt lunch sparked a fire call-out.
Tom Cotterill
By Tom Cotterill
Published 18th Nov 2020, 14:49 BST
Hampshire Fire and Rescue fire engine, Winston Churchill Avenue, Portsmouth. Picture: Chris Moorhouse (240119-9)Hampshire Fire and Rescue fire engine, Winston Churchill Avenue, Portsmouth. Picture: Chris Moorhouse (240119-9)
Hampshire Fire and Rescue fire engine, Winston Churchill Avenue, Portsmouth. Picture: Chris Moorhouse (240119-9)

Firefighters from Gosport and Fareham were dispatched to a home in Old Road, Gosport at 1.11pm today.

However, the fire service confirmed the call was a false alarm, caused by ‘cooking fumes’.

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In a tweet, Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service’s control room said: ‘The alarm was caused by cooking fumes which created the smoke visible to the caller into control. Better to be safe than sorry but in this case all was well.’

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