Plea after fire crews attended to blaze at Whittlesey home started by dishwasher

The blaze broke out on Monday (December 6) night at a house on Stoland Road in Whittlesey.

Crews soon discovered that it had been started by a dishwasher that had been left on while the occupants of the house were out.

A spokesperson for Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service said: “Last night crews from Thorney & Stanground attended a house fire which had started in the dishwasher House with garden

“If you’re using appliances like dishwashers & tumble dryers, only use them when you’re at home & don’t leave them unattended.

“Make sure you test your smoke alarms regularly.

“At 8.31pm on crews were called to a fire on Stonald Road in Whittlesey.

“Firefighters arrived to find a fire in a house, which was heavily logged. Wearing breathing apparatus they extinguished the fire using a hose reel and cleared the smoke using a positive pressure ventilation fan.

“The crews returned to their stations by 9.50pm.

“The cause of the fire was accidental.”