Kerryanne Park was taken to Narromine Hospital and treated for minor burns to her hands and feet after grabbing the engulfed grill and rushing it into the backyard.

“That is what you get for trying to be a hero, I grabbed the grill and ran with it outside,” she said.

“I saved the house doing that.”

Ms Park received burns to her “arms, legs and foot” after her two pet birds raised the alarm when the fire ignited under the grill which had been left unattended.

As she ran it into the backyard the grill slipped from her hand.

“So I had to let go of it and it went all over me,” she said.

When paramedics arrived they applied a burn aid to the woman’s injuries to alleviate the burning.

“The pain was unreal,” Ms Park said. “It was that bad until they put that stuff on me.”

Ms Park agreed her birds were also heroes on the night and despite a ruined stove and her injuries she said everything would be okay.

“I’m a survivor,” she said.

Local firefighters were called to the Duffy Street home about 11.30pm. Narromine fire captain Ewen Jones said things could have been worse.

“There was very little damage, they got pretty lucky,” he said.

Kitchen fires account for about half the fires attended to by the NSW Fire Brigades and Captain Jones said some simple measures could prevent injury and save lives.

“Just make sure you have smoke detectors and it is preferable to have a fire blanket and a fire extinguisher, they are not expensive to buy,” he said.

“Never leave the stove unattended when it is in use.”

“Don’t throw water on a fat fire because the flames spread due to a chemical reaction.”

While Captain Jones said Ms Park had a smoke detector installed, it failed to activate after the fire.

“There was certainly one there and it was in the appropriate place but there wasn’t enough heat or smoke to activate it,” he said.