Cooking safety reminder after crews called to flats

We are urging people to take care when cooking after we were called to a block of flats in Cheadle.

Crews were called at 8.10pm yesterday (Sunday 25 January) to High Street following reports of smoke coming from a building.

Two appliances attended the scene and found light smoke throughout a block of flats.

The building was ventilated and nobody was reported injured.

Crews later discovered that the smoke was caused by an oven glove being left on a hob.

More than 50 per cent of the fires that we attend are caused by cooking, so we’re reminding people to always ‘look when you cook’.

Follow our top tips for cooking safely:

• Take any pans off the heat if you have to leave the room. If your pan does catch fire do not remove or attempt to extinguish it. Get out!
• Do not use a chip pan, use a thermostat controlled electric deep fat fryer instead
• Do not leave children alone in the kitchen whilst cooking with the hob or oven
• Do not place anything metallic in the microwave
• Keep electrical leads away from water and keep electrical leads and cloths away from the hob
• Avoid cooking if you have been drinking alcohol
  Keep the oven and grill clean, a build-up of fat and grease may catch fire
• Take care if wearing loose clothing as it can easily catch fire particularly when using the hob
• When you have finished cooking, double check that you have turned off the oven
• Do not use matches or lighters to light gas cookers. Spark devices are safer.

For more tips, visit Cooking safety.