Earlier this morning (June 13) crews from Douglas were called to reports of smoke and an alarm sounding at a house in Willaston, Douglas.
On arrival crews made entry into the property and a Breathing Apparatus Team quickly established that the cause of the smoke was a small fire in the kitchen.
The fire in the kitchen was extinguished with a hose-reel.
Crews used a Positive Pressure Ventilation Fan to clear the property of the smoke and were in attendance for approximately an hour.
Willaston kitchen fire
The call to the emergency services was made by the occupier who was alerted to the incident due to the smoke detector being activated and the quick arrival of the fire service prevented the situation escalating.
This incident highlights the importance of working smoke alarms, when there is a fire, smoke spreads fast.
The fire service says that ‘working smoke alarms save lives, they give early warning in the case of fire which can enable occupants to get out of the property in the early stages of a fire, which in turn allows us to get to you more quickly’.
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