Man burnt by chip pan fat

The fire started in the pan within a flat on Glebe Road in Whitburn shortly after 6pm yesterday.

It is understood that the 35-year-old man tried to move the pan into the stairwell but the handle broke, causing him to spill hot chip fat over himself.

A small fire was extinguished prior to firefighters’ arrival.

The man was taken to St John’s Hospital by ambulance suffering from severe burns to his hands, legs and arms.

Eleven firefighters, two fire appliances and a fire investigation unit attended.