What's cooking?! Kildare householders warned after firefighters called when pot fills house with smoke

Firefighters with the pot which caused the smoke / PHOTO: Dublin Fire Brigadeplaceholder image
Firefighters with the pot which caused the smoke / PHOTO: Dublin Fire Brigade

A pot cooking on a stove filled a house with smoke and resulted in emergency services being called to a home.

Smoke alarms were triggered and Dublin Fire Brigade received a call from the alarm monitoring company about the incident. placeholder image
Smoke alarms were triggered and Dublin Fire Brigade received a call from the alarm monitoring company about the incident. 

A spokesperson said: "Firefighters discovered that unattended cooking was the cause of the alarm.

"The pot, and its contents, filled the house with smoke.

"This is a common, and avoidable, cause of kitchen fires.

"Never leave cooking unattended."

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