Firefighters were called to a smoke-logged house, after a man fell asleep in the early hours cooking sausages.

A crew from Ashford was sent to the home in Cornes Close, Willesborough, at around 3.14am.

The man escaped uninjured and the crew used a positive pressure ventilation fan to clear the property of smoke.

A warning has been issued by the service to take care while cooking, after a series of kitchen fires across the county.

Five fires took place in kitchens across Kent on Sunday alone, with three occurring within minutes of each other during the early hours of Sunday morning.

Stuart Skilton, head of community safety at KFRS (pictured right), said: “These incidents demonstrate that care in the kitchen is vital and a fire can break out so easily.

“Fortunately no-one was seriously hurt in any of these callouts. But the outcomes could easily have been tragic, especially those in the early hours when people had fallen asleep after turning their ovens and hobs on.

“We hope that others learn from this and take greater care in the kitchen.”

For further advice on fire safety, visit www.3breaths.info or call 0800 9237000.