Accidental kitchen fire damages residence
No one was home when neighbor alerted authorities to smoke
Firefighters responded to the unit block of Woodland Avenue on Tuesday afternoon for what was determined to be an accidental kitchen fire.
Fortunately, a home in the unit block of Woodland Avenue was unoccupied at 2:09 p.m. on Tuesday when smoke began billowing out, said Acting Fire Chief Jim Lentz.
A neighbor called 9-1-1, Lentz said,...
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