NewsJanuary 16, 2001
COOKING CAUSES APARTMENT FIRE
A pot of food left cooking in an apartment Monday evening caught on fire and caused heavy smoke damage to the building. The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded around 6 p.m. to 118 N. Pacific St. The one-and-a-half-story house is subdivided into four apartments. Residents in one apartment left a pot cooking on the stove...
A pot of food left cooking in an apartment Monday evening caught on fire and caused heavy smoke damage to the building.
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded around 6 p.m. to 118 N. Pacific St. The one-and-a-half-story house is subdivided into four apartments. Residents in one apartment left a pot cooking on the stove.
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Firefighters said the contents of the pot burned up, causing a small fire and heavy smoke damage.
Firefighters removed smoke from the building and said damage was minimal. No residents were displaced, and there were no injuries.
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