HALTON YMCA had to be evacuated after a bedsit went on fire.

It is believed the blaze was caused on Saturday when young tenants were cooking beans on toast.

An electric cooker was left unattended and a quantity of fat in the grill ignited.

Sixty people were led to safety from the building in Halton Lodge Avenue, Runcorn

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