5:18 PM, Wednesday 25 January, 2023
Oven fire
Parsons Crescent, Shenley Lodge, Milton Keynes
One appliance and crew from West Ashland and one from Broughton attended.
Light smoke logging was present to the first floor of a two-storey block of flats when they arrived.
The cause was identified as unattended cooking. The firefighters used positive pressure ventilation to clear the smoke and provided advice.
Cooking appliances were identified as the cause of 43 per cent of all accidental house fires in 2021/2022, with cooking being the cause of 24 per cent of all non-fatal fire injuries.
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