A YOUNG man was injured yesterday when he fell 25ft while escaping a fire at his flat.

The blaze started when a chip pan burst into flames in the kitchen of a second floor flat at McKay's Mews, Front Street, Stanley, County Durham, at 3am. Inspector Kevin Wheetman, of Consett police, said a passing police car patrol found the victim lying injured outside the flat. He was taken to hospital for treatment.