FIREFIGHTERS dragged a man out of his smoke-filled flat after he refused to leave the premises.

The 62-year-old man would not leave his flat in Shilton Gardens, Deane, despite a pan fire filling his home with smoke, at 1am today.

A neighbour spotted smoke seeping out of a window and called the fire brigade.

Firefighters had to break down the door to get in.

When the man refused to leave his flat, firefighters dragged him out. He declined hospital treatment.