Fire service warn over cooking safety after kitchen blaze at Bristol flat

Avon Fire and Rescue services are urging people to take more care when cooking after a blaze broke out in a block of flats in Bristol.

Crews from several stations in the city responded to the call at Carolina House in Dove Street, Stokes Croft just after noon on Sunday [8 September].

A turntable ladder was used by responders to tackle the flames and the fire was quickly brought under control.

A man in his fifties was able to leave the property unharmed.

As a precaution, the fire services moved everyone on floor nine and above to a lower level of the building. No one was harmed in the incident.

The cause of the fire has been put down to 'accidental ignition'.