Seperate kitchen fires both lead to evacuations
Posted Jun 1, 2013 10:16 pm.
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Separate kitchen fires in Calgary Saturday both caused evacuations.
The first just after 4:00 p.m., in the 1300 block of 17th Avenue S.W. where after reports of a fir, all occupants self-evacuated.
The small fire was extinguished and the lone tenant received minor injuries and was treated for smoke inhalation.
The second around 8:30 p.m. was on 50th St. N.W. where 50 people were evacuated because of a second floor blaze.
Crews used an eight-meter ground ladder to get in extinguishing the fire.
Battalion Chief Al Magwood said it’s a safety message for everyone.
“If you have a pot on the stove that’s burning, use a lid instead of trying to move the pot over to the sink,” he said.
There were no other injuries.
