PEOPLE are being warned not to go out while food is cooking following a kitchen fire in Worcester.

Fire crews were called to an address in Furness Close, Brickfields, just after 9.30am this morning to a small kitchen blaze that started after the occupier went out while food was cooking.

A spokesman for Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service said the flames were extinguished within minutes, but the incident served as a reminder to others.