Damage to e-cigarette charger after kitchen fire. Picture: Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service
AN e-cigarette caused a kitchen fire in an Oxfordshire home.
In the early hours of Wednesday morning the device, left charging, damaged the wooden worktop in a property near Chinnor.
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Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said fire engines from Thame Fire Station and High Wycombe Fire Station were sent to reports of a fire.
It added: "The charger and the wooden worktop it was on both suffered a small amount of damage, luckily it did not spread further.
"Please take care with such devices and use to the manufacturer’s instructions."
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