Burning fan sets off monoxide detector

Two fire engines were called to The Crescent, Poulton, at around 3.38am after a lighting transformer in a kitchen ceiling void began to burn, activating the detector in the room.

The householders shut off electricity and evacuated the building before calling 999.

Firefighters equipped with breathing apparatus used a hosereel jet to extinguish the fire and a thermal imaging camera to ensure there flames had not spread further.

A portable fan unit was used to extract the smoke.

Nobody was injured.