FARNWORTH firefighters rescued a kitten from a flat at Hamilton Court, Little Lever, after a grill pan caught fire.

There was a man, aged 40, inside the first floor flat at the time and he made his own way out of the building. He declined hospital treatment. At the time of the incident his wife was at work and three children were at school.

The animal was uninjured and the fire caused a small amount of damage to the cooker