A PARTINGTON woman was treated for the effects of smoke after a chip pan fire last night.

Firefighters from Sale and Irlam fire stations were called to her end-of-terrace house on Cumberland Road just after midnight.

The fire caused damage to the chip pan which had been left unattended.

The 50-year-old was treated by ambulance paramedics but declined hospital treatment.

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