A burning armchair filled two flats with smoke in Eastbourne.
A passer-by noticed the smoke at Langney Rise at about 3.50am.
Firefighters searched the semi-detached house, which is broken up into two flats, but no-one was inside.
The cause of the fire is still being investigated.
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