Firefighters forced their way into the home on First Tower Road just before 7 pm on Friday and searched the property to discover the occupiers had gone out.
They extinguished the blaze, which had spread to nearby items on the worktops and removed the burnt objects from the building.
Watch Commander Richard Ryan said: ‘It’s advisable not to use your hob as an extension of your worktop or for storage of items when the hob is not in use. It is so easy for young children to turn the hob on or to accidentally knock it on yourself. We always advise to switch your cooker and hob off at the wall whilst you are not using them.’
