Ilford man taken to hospital after chicken catches fire
Published:
11:37 AM November 16, 2012
Updated:
8:39 AM October 13, 2020
A 59-year-old man who was cooking chicken yesterday morning was taken to hospital for a check up after it caught fire.
Firefighters were called to Daffodil Gardens, Ilford at about 7.40am after neighbours heard a smoke alarm sounding.
Crew manager Jon Henderson of Ilford Fire Station, High Road Ilford, said: “The smoke detector raised the alarm of the fire and saved him.”
Eight firefighters and two fire engines were sent to the scene.
A London Ambulance Service spokesman said they were called to the incident at 7.50am and took a man to Newham General Hospital.
