Fire crews from the Parkway, Birley Moor and Aston fire stations were deployed to the incident at 8.45pm last night, spending nearly an hour at the scene - a house on Maple Court, Waverley, between Handsworth and Catcliffe, at 8.45pm.
They found a cooker ablaze.
A South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said: “The fire is believed to have started accidentally. Crews left the scene at 9.35pm.”