Turn off cooking appliances before bed, firefighters urge

The fire service is reminding people to make sure cooking appliances are switched off before going to bed.

It's after they were called out to a house fire in Peel at the weekend.

In the early hours of Sunday morning Firefighters were needed at Kerroo Coar after items left on the hob left a home smokelogged.

Crews used an extinguisher for the blaze and then ventilated the building before the occupants and their two pet dogs were able to return.

As a reuslt, the public is being urged to always remove pans and check everything is off before going to sleep.