The service is raising awareness of kitchen safety this month as more fires and fire injuries are caused in the kitchen than anywhere else in the home. At 8.45pm police, fire and ambulance crews were called to a property in Berrymeade Walk, Crawley, after an alarm caused by burnt cooking. Earlier in the evening West Sussex was asked to support Surrey Fire & Rescue Service at a kitchen fire in Longbridge Road, Horley. There was also a kitchen fire incident in Rustington. Last year, kitchen fires accounted for 63 per cent of all home fires in West Sussex, the service says, and the majority of these started on the cooker or in the oven. Fires starting in microwaves, toasters and grills were the next most common cause. Reducing the number of fires started as a result of cooking remains a key priority for the fire service and firefighters are running dedicated safety events at Homebase, Chichester, this Sunday and at Sainsbury’s, in Haywards Heath, on Tuesday, February 28 The kitchen incidents yesterday came during a busy evening for WSFRS crews and their colleagues at the Sussex Control Centre. At approximately 4.45pm two crews from Worthing, and a crew from Shoreham, were called to a fire at a derelict warehouse in Halewick Lane, Sompting. The fire is believed to have been started deliberately. At 6.52pm two crews from Crawley were sent to deal with a horsebox on fire in Copthorne. The blaze is believed to have been started deliberately. At 7.30pm crews from Haywards Heath, Burgess Hill and Crawley were called to a collision between a car and a van in Eastern Road, Lindfield, in which one casualty was medically trapped. At 8.23pm firefighters were called to Cuckfield Road, Burgess Hill, where a small fire had started in a metal container used as a drying room. WSFRS head of operations Kieran Amos said: “This was a particularly busy evening for our crews and we are grateful to all of our teams, and our colleagues at the Sussex Control Centre, for the professional way in which they managed these calls. “The cooking incidents serve as a timely reminder during kitchen fire safety month. Many such incidents are avoidable and start when your attention stops. “We have lots of advice available to residents, both via our website and at local fire stations, but the one piece of advice we would give to everyone is to ensure your home has a working smoke alarm that is tested regularly.” For more information on cooking safety visit: https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/fire-emergencies-and-crime/west-sussex-fire-rescue-service/home-safety-advice/kitchen-safety/ Don’t miss out on all the latest breaking news where you live. Here are four ways you can be sure you’ll be amongst the first to know what’s going on. 1) Make our website your homepage 2) Like our Facebook page 3) Follow us on Twitter 4) Register with us by clicking on ‘sign in’ (top right corner). You can then receive our daily newsletter AND add your point of view to stories that you read here. And do share with your family and friends - so they don’t miss out! Always the first with your local news. Be part of it.