Cooking-related fire Tuesday damages Cape Girardeau apartment

Unsupervised cooking is thought to be the cause of a fire that damaged a Cape Girardeau apartment Tuesday night. Firefighters were called at 7:53 p.m. Tuesday to the fourth floor of an apartment complex at 45 S. West End Blvd., where they found the fire already out, according to a news release from the Cape Girardeau Fire Department. The building superintendent extinguished the fire before crews arrived. The apartment's resident was taken to a local hospital for observation. The fire damaged the kitchen area and cabinets, and there was smoke damage throughout the apartment, according to the release.

Pertinent address:

45 S. West End Blvd., Cape Girardeau, MO