Fire crews and ambulance attend kitchen blaze in Park Gate

Crews from Hightown and Fareham fire stations attended the blaze in Beacon Mount at 9.27pm.

The small kitchen fire was tackled using a hose reel, with firefighters at the scene for more than an hour, according to watch manager Matthew Farr.

The firefighter said: ‘We don’t know how it started, as far as we know it was cooking related.

‘The cooker was damaged by the fire.’

A man – the resident of the property – was treated for smoke inhalation by an ambulance crew at the scene.

Firefighters fitted smoke alarms before leaving.

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