A MAN climbed out of a downstairs window when his kitchen caught fire. The man had left food cooking on a hob at the house in Tavistock Road, Bolton, at 10pm last night.

Fire crews extinguished the fire and used a fan to get rid of smoke on the ground and first floors. The man was given oxygen at the scene.

A fire crew from Bolton Central station attended the fire where the man was given oxygen at the scene. He was not taken to hospital and was not injured.