A MAN was rescued from a flat in Wollaston after a saucepan caught fire.

Firefighters were called to a property in Wood Street at 11.51pm on Saturday (August 2).

Crews from Stourbridge, Brierley Hill and Cradley Heath tackled the blaze in the kitchen of the ground floor flat.

The man was suffering with smoke inhalation and was given oxygen therapy by crews.