Emergency services attend fire - only for it to be burnt bacon

Date published: 14 January 2017


Emergency services attended Ollerton block of Falinge flats on Thursday night (12 January) to reports of a fire, after a man fell asleep and burnt some bacon.

Police, fire North West ambulance all attended the scene.

A spokesman for GMP said: “We were called at 10.10pm to a block of flats in Falinge after a fire alarm was going off.

“It turned out a man had fallen asleep and burnt his bacon.”

A spokesperson for NWAS said: “We attended the scene after reports of a fire. We sent a response vehicle.

“An ambulance wasn’t required and we didn’t take anyone to hospital.”

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