Firefighters were called to a kitchen fire in Union Mills today (Tuesday).

Two crews from Douglas fire station were called out at 2.20pm following reports of smoke in the kitchen of the property.

Douglas fire station officer Matt Tyrer said: ’Staff carried out a full evacuation and awaited fire service attendance.

’A breathing apparatus team entered the premises and quickly ascertained a dishwasher was the cause.

’Crews extinguished the small fire using a hose reel and Co2 extinguisher before isolating the appliance and checking surrounding areas with thermal imaging cameras.’

He said that minimal smoke logging was confined to the immediate area and crews remained on scene a short while to vent the area from smoke.

Crews were in attendance for about 35 minutes.