FIREFIGHTERS are urging residents to buy thermostatically controlled deep fat fryers after another chip pan blaze.

Officers were called to a terraced property on Lapwing Grove, Palacefields on Tuesday evening to find the kitchen alight.

Two adults and a child were at home at the time but were unhurt.

The kitchen units were partially burned and damaged by smoke.

Leading firefighter Ken Sharratt said: "Chip pans are now a thing of the past - they are dangerous if left unattended - and we would encourage people to replace them with thermostatically controlled deep fat fryers."

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