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Christopher Maloney says he ‘nearly burned down a Pontins chalet’ after a pan of sausages and bacon caught fire.

The former X Factor star who is touring around Pontins resorts in the UK until September got craving for a fry up.

But Chris, who was a contestant in the most recent series of Celebrity Big Brother, said he had to flee his chalet at Camber Sands in Sussex wearing his pyjamas after the pan caught fire.

He said “I only popped out the room for a minute but when I came back out there was smoke everywhere and the cooker even caught fire.

“The chalet next door had to evacuate and I was absolutely ashamed, it was so embarrassing. I was still in my pyjamas.

“People were pointing and saying ‘there’s that lad from the X Factor’ and I was just so embarrassed.

“I’d only had three hour’s sleep so it was just the last thing I needed.”

He later took to Twitter to tell his fans about the incident, tweeting: “Just been to local shop @Pontins #CamberSands bought some bacon n sausage n nearly burned my chalet down! #KnewIShouldOfWentTheCafe yikes.”

Chris , from Kirkdale, recently revealed how he had become a chart success in Japan, after an X Factor audition video from 2012 went viral.

His original single ‘My Heart Belongs to You’ - which did not achieve UK chart success when released in 2013 - made it to number 16 in the Japanese charts.

Speaking exclusively to the ECHO, Chris revealed he ‘couldn’t believe’ his song was now popular in Japan - and that he even plans to learn the language.

He said: “It’s just unbelieveable. I can’t believe it. Fuji TV, who I did the documentary for, emailed my agent to tell her that my single was at number 16. It’s crazy.

“The video of my audition went viral and I’ve been getting tons of tweets from Japan.

“When the video of my audition got posted on Facebook in Japan I was getting thousands of tweets a day.”