FIREFIGHTERS battled a kitchen blaze at the Wickets off Courthouse Road, Maidenhead on Monday evening.

Two pumps were needed to fight the blaze which destroyed the kitchen and caused smoke damage throughout the two storey house.

The call came at 8.30pm and firefighters were on the scene for two hours.

A woman suffered minor burns to her face and her three-year-old child needed treatment for smoke inhalation.