A flat in Douglas was badly damaged after a chip pan caught fire in Douglas early on Tuesday evening.
Fire crews to an address on Stanley View, Douglas, at 5.20pm.
The Emergency Services Joint Control Room was told that the occupants had got out of the flat where the fire had taken hold but it was not possible to confirm that everyone was out of the other flats in the building.
Crews wearing breathing apparatus and using thermal imaging equipment were able to quickly find and put out the fire.
While the flat involved in the fire was being checked and cleared another breathing apparatus team checked the remainder of the property and confirmed that no-one was left in the building.
Fire crews then cleared the smoke with a ventilation fan carried on the fire appliance and once a thorough check had been carried out, confirming that the fire was completely extinguished, responsibility for the property was handed back to the owner.
The flat’s occupant was advised by fire crews to find alternative accommodation.
