A MAN was forced to climb out of his first-floor window after a kitchen fire last night.
Fire crews attended Springfield Bank, Burnley, after a cooker had caught fire around 9.25pm.
Watch manager Damian Hartley said the man felt trapped and was forced to climb out of the window.
The man then entered the house and managed to smother the flames.
Mr Hartley said: "The man suffered singes to his eye brows, beard and slight burns to his face.
"We called a paramedic who then checked him over.
"He was fortunate the fire had not spread before he had entered the property again."
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