Man rescued after falling asleep while cooking
Firefighters rescued a man from his ground floor flat this morning after he fell asleep while cooking.
The crew from Croydon fire station were called to a small fire in Oakfield Road at 5.45am and broke in to help the man out of the property.
There was no serious damage to the flat.
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