A BUNGALOW was heavily smoke-logged after a kitchen fire in Newton Abbot this morning.

Firefighters from the town extinguished the blaze, thought to have been caused by items left on a cooker.

The alarm was raised just before 10am.

The occupiers of the property in Eblett Drive were not at home when the fire started.

A fire spokesman said the blaze at the semi-detached bungalow could have been far worse if it had not been detected so promptly.