A POLICE officer and a resident were treated for the effects of smoke inhalation following a kitchen fire.
Acting inspector Ken Pullan, who was on duty nearby, went into the ground-floor flat in a house in Allergate, near Durham city centre, to help bring out the 51-year-old occupant after smoke began filling the ground floor.
Both were given oxygen at the scene before being taken to the University Hospital of North Durham as a precaution.
Three fire crews attended the incident, reported shortly before 8.30am yesterday.
Firefighters put out the blaze.
Police said the cause of the fire is believed to have been an over-heated chip pan.
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