Firefighters put out a blaze in a seafront block of flats in Hove at lunchtime today (Thursday 22 June).
People in the flats were leaving the building as firefighters arrived.
They contained the kitchen fire in a fourth-floor flat in one of the seafront blocks, in Queen’s Gardens.
The aerial ladder platform from Preston Circus, Brighton, was among the fire engines sent to the scene.
East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service tweeted just after 1pm: “We are currently in attendance on Queen’s Gardens, Hove, in response to a fire.
“Please keep windows and doors shut and avoid the area.”
A short while later, the fire service said that the fire was out and that there were no casualties.
The fire service said: “We were called at 12.06pm on to an accidental fire at a domestic flat in Queen’s Gardens, Hove.
“Seven fire engines from Roedean, Newhaven, Lewes and Preston Circus were in attendance as well as support from West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service.
“Crews contained the fire to the kitchen and used six breathing apparatus and three hose-reel jets to put the fire out as well as a thermal imaging camera to check for hot spots.
“Crews started to leave the scene at 1.01pm and there were no casualties reported.”
The fire service added: “For more information on home safety and cooking advice please visit www.esfrs.org/cooking.”
The site of seafront Kingway Court was bombed in the war and the current building dates from 1959. When reading Chips Channon’s wartime diary I found that he stayed in a hotel or house which was part of the originial buildings beside King’s House. In one of these there were three taps upon the bath: hot, cold and sea water. I doubt that these last of these would find favour now.