FIREFIGHTERS cleared smoke form an elderly woman’s home in Newton Abbot after she accidentally put a plastic plate of food in the oven.

The 98-year-old occupant was not harmed during the drama at her sheltered bungalow home in Hameldown Way.

Smoke alarms were triggered just before 6pm on Tuesday.

A crew from the town vented the property, adding that the pensioner was ‘fine’ after the incident.