A MAN suffered smoke inhalation as his flat was destroyed by fire in the Brighouse area last night.
Flames and smoke poured from the ground-floor property at the height of the blaze on Burnsall Road, Rastrick .
Fire crews from Brighouse and Elland stations were called to the scene at 8.45pm.
The man had managed to escape the one-bedroom flat by the time fire crews arrived.
A fire service spokesman said: "It was quite a severe fire."
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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