Woman and three children escape Shropshire kitchen blaze
A woman and her three children escaped unharmed after a fire at their home.
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An electrical fault is thought to be responsible for the fire in the kitchen at the house in Cordwell Park in Wem.
The incident commander for Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service said the woman ensured the fire was confined to the kitchen so the family could escape.
The fire broke out just before 10.30am yesterday.
Meanwhile, firefighters have warned of the dangers of smoking in the home after a blaze in the bedroom of a house in Shrewsbury. The house in Stapleton Road was empty when the fire broke out at 1.40pm yesterday.
Discarded smoking materials were believed to have started the fire .
A spokesman said: "The safest place to smoke is outside the home."
