FIRE crews were called to a York flat after sausages caught fire today.

Two pumps and a turntable from York were called to the flat in Chancery Rise, Holgate, York, at 4.08am. The blaze started when sausages caught alight in the oven, which had been left on.

A spokeswoman from North Yorkshire Fire Service said the oven had suffered 30 per cent fire damage and the kitchen had 80 per cent smoke damage.

The fire was out by the time the fire crews arrived.

Updated: 10:49 Saturday, May 17, 2003