Firefighters were called out during the height of Hurricane Gonzalo to attend a blaze caused by someone barbecuing indoors.

This was one of a number of calls to the emergency services that could have been avoided, a police spokesman said this morning.

The resident in Warwick was trying to light a barbecue to cook inside their home and used too much lighter fluid, resulting in lots of flames.

Alarmed neighbours called the emergency services at about 10pm — at the height of the storm just before the eye passed over Bermuda.

“When we get calls for fire, no matter what situation, even in the height, we have a duty to get out and try to help,” a Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman said this morning.

No more information is available as yet.