West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service were called to Gilmore Road at around 3.20pm on Wednesday, December 6 after reports of smoke billowing from a second-floor flat. Three appliances were sent due to fears someone was trapped inside, but the fire was out on arrival and no-one was inside the flat, and everyone else in the building was accounted for. The fire was caused by a hob that had been left on, and the kitchen was smoke-logged. They left at just before 4pm.