Fire crews from Penzance attended a fire at a flat at Navy Inn Court in Newlyn last night.
Two fire engines were sent to the scene around 10.30pm following a report of a fire in a bedroom of a flat.
A fire service spokesperson said: "Firefighters wearing two breathing apparatus used one hose reel to extinguish a fire involving a mattress in a ground floor flat."
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