Fire service explains reason for 'accidental' restaurant fire
A overheating deep fat fryer at a restaurant is being blamed for a fire that resulted in occupants in an upstairs flat being evacuated.
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Emergency crews were called to the premises, in Market Street, in Hednesford, in the early hours of Sunday.
Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service said an investigation found that the fire was caused by a deep fat fryer that had accidentally been left switched on.
A spokesperson stated: "We have extinguished a fire inside a restaurant in Hednesford that was started by a deep fat fryer.
