Celebrity Big Brother housemates evacuated after setting fire to their breakfast

They were distracted by a food fight.

Published 1st Aug 2016

Yesterday morning (31st July) drama hit the Celebrity Big Brother house as they were evacuated.

All the housemates were asked to wait in the garden whilst security secured the house after their 'fry up' caught fire in the kitchen.

Heavy D, James Whale and Lewis Bloor were meant to be keeping an eye on their bacon, when they became distracted by a food fight and while their attention was on the food fight their food caught fire setting off the smoke detectors.

After the incident Big Brother had stern words for the celebrities saying,

"Big Brother would like to remind you to not try and fry things in a baking tray and instead use appropriate equipment."

During the food fight Ex on the Beach star Stephen Bear ended up being covered in coffee after James Whale retaliated having had his head stroked by three of the housemates, including Stephen.

Stephen Bear has coffee poured over him | © Channel 5

Recounting the incident to fellow housemate Christopher Biggins, James said,

"The three lads decided that they’d pick on me. They just wanted to wind me up so I poured the ground coffee over Bear because he annoyed me."

Celebrity Big Brother continues on Channel 5 tonight at 9pm.