A FAMILY of three fled a house in Little Horton, Bradford, yesterday after the cooker caught fire.

They had been making potato waffles for dinner but forgot to turn the grill off.

A spokesman for Odsal fire station said a build-up of food on the grill pan had set alight and added that the cooker was destroyed.

Firefighters were called to the property on Arum Street at about 12 midday.