BATON ROUGE (WBRZ) – Fire officials said a pot that was left on a stove was the cause of a fire that burned down an apartment complex Tuesday night. The fire started around 6 p.m. at the Tiger Plaza Apartments on Alvin Dark Avenue. Fire officials said two apartment buildings were involved and they are...
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Crews Knock Down Kitchen Fire In South Minneapolis Apartment Unit
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Fire crews in Minneapolis knocked down a kitchen fire Friday afternoon in an apartment on the city’s south side. The Minneapolis Fire Department says crews responded around 4 p.m. to a fire in a two-story apartment building on the 5400 block of 34th Avenue South, in the city’s Wenonah neighborhood. First-responders found smoke...
Fergus Falls apartment building suffers $80k in damage after kitchen fire
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (Valley News Live) – A kitchen fire inside a Fergus Falls apartment caused more than $80k in damages. Firefighters say it happened just before 3 AM Thursday at 623 West Fir Avenue. Tenants were evacuated from the 3-story, 36-unit building. Everyone was able to get out safely. Crews say damage was expensive...
Pot on stove sparks apartment fire after oil spill
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – A pot on the stove was the cause of an apartment fire on Sunday, Dec. 4, according to a spokesman with the Baton Rouge Fire Department. Firefighters said the blaze broke out on Greenwell Street, off Airline Highway, just a little after 2 p.m. and was under control by 2:25...
Cooking fire leaves $50,000 in damages at Bend apartment building
A Bend apartment building sustained $50,000 in damages after a cooking fire on Saturday evening. The Bend Fire Department received reports about a fire at the Legacy Landings Apartment building on Tucson Way, a building that contains 60 apartments on the upper three floors and a Mosaic Medical Clinic on the ground floor. Upon arrival,...
Stove catches fire in Awendaw-area home Sunday
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCBD) – Awendaw-McClellanville Fire District (AMFD) responded to a structure fire in Mount Pleasant Sunday afternoon. According to the AMFD, crews were dispatched to a home on Six Mile Road in Mount Pleasant just before 5 p.m. Sunday. AMFD said that the fire began at the stove and caused damage to the kitchen area. Firefighters...
Knoxville firefighters extinguish blaze caused by unattended stovetop
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Knoxville firefighters extinguished a blaze on Thursday which investigators attribute to an unattended stove top. Knoxville Fire Department responded to 1137 W. Scott Ave. in the Western Heights apartment complex for reported kitchen fire in North Knoxville at 11:54 am on Thursday. The apartment resident was not home at the time...
Stovetop Fire Extinguished At Senior Housing Complex On C Street
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Crews battled flames at the Globe Mills apartment building on C Street Tuesday night after a stovetop fire was reported on the second floor. Investigators say the fire was quickly put out. Most residents sheltered in their apartments as crews worked to remove smoke from the building. The complex includes a mix...
Stove fire causes apartment damage
Columbus firefighters were sent to River Stone Apartments on Columbus’ west side about a kitchen fire. Firefighters were sent to 3453 Riverstone Way at 12:20 p.m. Tuesday about a stove fire, but were told en route that the fire was out, said Capt. Mike Wilson, Columbus Fire Department spokesman. Engine Co. 5, stationed approximately a...
Kitchen fire leaves Algonquin apartment uninhabitable
A kitchen fire left an Algonquin apartment uninhabitable Wednesday afternoon, fire officials said. Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District Battalion Chief John Greene said the district was called to the 100 block of South Main Street for a reported fire about 12:20 p.m. Wednesday. A fire had begun in a second-floor apartment, he said....