Smoke alarm alerts neighbour to cooking fire
Firefighters were called to a kitchen fire last night after food was left cooking while no-one was home.
Crews were called to a property in Caister Drive, Basildon at 10:16pm, when a neighbour heard a fire alarm in a property across the road.
On arrival, firefighters confirmed that a second floor flat was completely smoke logged after food had been left in the oven.
Firefighters cleared the smoke by 10:43pm.
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