A BLAZE started in a New Forest home after a heating element in an oven malfunctioned. 

Firefighters were called to Whitefield Road, Holbury, on Sunday at 1.21pm. 

The fire service said a heating element in an oven malfunctioned. 

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Crews from Hardley and Beaulieu responded to the incident.

The fire was out when they arrived.

The electricity for the oven was isolated and firefighters left the area just after 1.40pm.

A tweet from Hardley Fire Station read: "Fire out on arrival, oven electrics isolated, CFS activities completed & a new oven now on the occupant's shopping list."

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