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Flats evacuated after plastic is left on cooker

The residents of a block of flats in Douglas had to be evacuated early yesterday morning after toxic fumes filled the building. 

Firefighters were called to a property on Rosemount at 1.30am after the occupant of one of the flats raised the alarm. 
 
They'd woken to find their flat full of smoke after a plastic drawer was left on top of the electric hob.  
 
The plastic had melted giving off the fumes and smoke but was caught before it developed into a fire. 
 

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