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Date Added: 18 January 2011
 
LUCKY ESCAPE FOR STORRINGTON FAMILY FOLLOWING CHIP PAN FIRE
 
West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service is reminding people of the dangers of leaving chip pans unattended after a Storrington family had a lucky escape last night.

Firefighters were called to the house on Windmill Copse just after 7.00pm after a pan of boiling oil left unattended on the hob caught light. Fortunately, the house was fitted with an emergency smoke detector, which gave the family a vital early warning to the danger.
 
The Storrington crew arrived just 3 minutes after the 999 call to discover the owner had carried the chip pan through the house into the garden where it was ablaze. Firefighters were able to quickly extinguish the fire by smothering the pan.
 
A woman and three children were treated at the scene by paramedics for light smoke inhalation before being taken to hospital as a precaution.
 
Watch Manager Martin Mckilligin from West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service explained the danger-
 
"We are very relieved that nobody was injured in this incident because it could have been potentially disastrous. Pans filled with hot oil are extremely dangerous and even leaving them unattended momentarily is long enough for a fire to develop. When there are small children in the house, there is an even greater risk.
 
By carrying the pan out into the garden the owner took a serious gamble, this could easily have caused burns that would have lasted a lifetime and have spread a fire through her home. Our advice in this situation is to get everyone out and call us, rather than try and tackle it yourself."



 
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