Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus called after burnt food fills house with smoke (Image: Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service)
SMOKE billowed from a house in Runcorn caused by burnt food.
Firefighters were called to a house in Charlton Close in Palacefields shortly after 8am yesterday.
A spokesman for Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service said: "Crews found a large amount of smoke caused by burnt food.
"They used a large fan to clear the smoke and were at the house for 20 minutes."
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Cooking also set off a smoke alarm at a house on Rossall Road in Widnes shortly before 5.15pm last night.
Firefighters attended and isolated a microwave.
Crews were at the scene for 20 minutes.
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