A RESIDENT was treated for smoke inhalation after a chip pan fire.

Firefighters were called to a kitchen fire in Grasmere Avenue, Birchwood, yesterday evening, Friday. 

Crews from Warrington and Birchwood attended shortly after 6pm.

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A spokesman for Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service said: “The fire was out on arrival and one casualty was treated for smoke inhalation."