The occupants of a house at Muswellbrook have escaped unharmed after a fire broke out last night.
Firefighters from Muswellbrook and Aberdeen arrived at the Chenin Close home to find a fire in the kitchen.
They took 90 minutes to extinguish the blaze and ventilate the house.
Newcastle Fire Command says a pot of oil left unattended on the stove caused the fire which left the kitchen badly damaged.
Meanwhile crews were also called to a unit complex on Main Road at Edgeworth at about 7.30 where food cooking on a barbeque on a balcony caught alight.
The fire was quickly extinguished.
It's prompted a warning from firefighters not to leave cooking food unattended.
