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...
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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....
Kitchen fire damages Fargo apartment
FARGO — A stove fire damaged a second-floor apartment at 2401 33rd Ave. S. in Fargo on Wednesday afternoon at around 3:30 p.m. The Fargo Fire Department said damage was contained to the stove, range hood and part of the counter top. The fire started when a pan of oil on the stovetop got too...
10 displaced after Bridgeport fire
BRIDGEPORT — Ten people were displaced after a kitchen fire broke out in a unit of a Church Street apartment complex Sunday morning. According to Bridgeport Assistant Fire Chief Michael Caldaroni, firefighters were dispatched to the Crescenet Crossings complex, 160 Church St., at 10:49 a.m. Sunday. Upon arriving, crews found that a kitchen fire had...