A RESIDENT was treated for smoke inhalation following a kitchen fire. 

The incident happened at a property on Scotty Croft Lane in Brighouse just after midnight on Thursday.

Firefighters were called to the high-rise flat at 12.04am, where there had been a kitchen fire.

It was out by the time crews had arrived.

Firefighters used a high-powered fan to clear the remainder of the smoke in the flat.

Rastrick, Cleckheaton, and Huddersfield fire stations were in attendance, along with an aerial appliance.

A spokesperson for WYFRS said: "Call to a flat within a high-rise block containing smoke.

"Proved to be a kitchen fire, out upon our crew arrival.

"Crews used a high-powered fan to clear the remainder of the smoke in the flat.

"An occupier was treated by ambulance paramedics for smoke inhalation."