THREE teenagers have been nominated for an award by the fire brigade after their quick-thinking helped rescue a man from his burning home.

The teenagers were in a house in Stray Road, Burnholme, York, when they heard an alarm sounding shortly before 8pm on Sunday.

Krystal Brown, 15, Rebecca Dixon and her younger brother, Kurtis, rushed to an annexe adjoining their property where they found oven fumes filling the room and their lodger lying unconscious on the bed inside.

Kurtis opened the door and Krystal called the fire brigade.

Their mother, Sharron, said: "If she hadn't acted so quickly, the chief fire officer said he would have died from smoke inhalation."

The man, who is 36, was treated for smoke inhalation, but was not taken to hospital.

The fire was caused by food left unattended in the oven.