Fire crews tackle kitchen blaze
Borough firefighters were called to a large kitchen fire yesterday at a house in the borough.
Three crews from Atherton and Farnworth were called at 5.41pm yesterday (Wednesday) to reports of a kitchen fire at a semi-detached house in Meadow Walk, Tyldesley.
Four firefighters wearing breathing apparatus extinguished the flames using one hose reel and a positive pressure ventilation fan.
Crews were on the scene for one hour and twenty minutes.