Burning toast tripped a smoke alarm at a central Dunedin residence this morning, prompting a response by fire crews.
Fire and Emergency New Zealand Senior Station Officer Martin Hastie said three appliances, from Roslyn, St Kilda and Dunedin City Stations, were called to a High St address about 11.30am.
They found a building filled with smoke caused by burning toast, which had activated a smoke alarm.
Firefighters made sure all residents were out and assisted to ventilate the room using a fan.
"Thankfully we’re all crewed today and we had three appliances that could come pretty quickly," SSO Hastie said.
