Fire at Wolverhampton flats after pan left on stove

Fire crews were called to a flat after cooking was left unattended and caught fire.

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Crews from Wolverhampton and Fallings Park attended the fire at a flat in Broad Gauge Way in Springfield, Wolverhampton, at 10.47pm on Wednesday.

A brigade response vehicle from Fallings Park also attended the scene. The first started after food was left unattended in a pan on the stove.

A woman was given oxygen therapy and taken to New Cross Hospital for further check ups.

The flat received 70 per cent smoke damage. Crews used a a pressurised ventilation fan to clear the smoke and left the scene at 11.40pm.