A MAN has sustained burns to his face after a garage fire in Darwen.

Two fire engines from Darwen and Blackburn responded to the call on Hector Road in Darwen shortly after 9am.

A fire service spokesman said: "The man was given first aid by firefighters and later tended to by ambulance paramedics.

"The man was not hospitalised.

"Firefighters extinguished the fire in the garage."

A man at the address later declined to comment.