An elderly Earley man's kitchen in was gutted after a chip pan caught fire and the blaze engulfed the room. getreading News By getreading 00:00, 7 OCT 2012 Updated20:17, 14 JUN 2013 ...

The best thing to do if a fire does break out on a pan is to throw a damp tea towel over it, leave the kitchen closing the door behind you, get everyone safely out and dial 999.

“Chip pans are dangerous - if you arrange a free home fire safety visit, we will replace your old chip pan with a newer, safer, deep fat fryer,” said Mr Macpherson.

FIREFIGHTERS are urging people to bin their chip pans after a kitchen was gutted by fire yesterday. Crews were called to a house at Y Wern in Wrexham’s Caia Park at 3.04pm and prevented the ...

A FIRE that started in a chip pan has completely destroyed a kitchen. Essex County Fire and Rescue Service was called to an address in Komberg Crescent, Canvey this evening to put out a kitchen fire.

He had last been seen alive on Saturday. Police called the fire service to investigate his death when they discovered the chip pan fire, which had burnt out, in his kitchen.

A man was rescued by neighbours after a chip pan set a kitchen alight. The man, thought to be aged about 50, was asleep in the house in Wolverstone Drive, Moulsecoomb, Brighton, when the fire ...

Crews from Penarth and Cardiff Central tackled the fire, in Stanwell Road, Penarth. The fire is believed to have started at 8pm as a result of an overheated chip pan.

It is understood that the 35-year-old man tried to move the pan into the stairwell but the handle broke, causing him to spill hot chip fat over himself.

It is understood that the 35-year-old man tried to move the pan into the stairwell but the handle broke, causing him to spill hot chip fat over himself.