Fire crews attended a chip-pan fire at a first-floor flat in Grange Street, St Albans, at about 8.00pm last night.
Although nobody was hurt, Herts Fire Control confirmed that the property was heavily smoke-logged and suffered minor fire damage.
Two fire-fighters wearing breathing apparatus used a hose reel to extinguish the fire.
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