FIREFIGHTERS tackled a blaze at a house in Golborne yesterday, Thursday.

Crews from Leigh, Wigan and Warrington attended the incident shortly after 9am.

They found a grill pan in the kitchen of a terraced house on Sycamore Avenue ablaze.

A spokesman for the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service said: "Firefighters used two breathing apparatus, a positive pressure ventilation fan and a hose reel jet to bring the fire under control and were in attendance for approximately half-an-hour."