A wooden fireguard placed too close to an electric fire caused a fire in a house in Perranporth.
Two crews from Perranporth were on the scene within five minutes of an emergency call to the fire in a lounge.
Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used one hosereel to extinguish the fire in the wooden fireguard.
The crews were detained a short time clearing the smoke from the building
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