Stove fire damages apartment
Posted: 07.16.2012 at 10:21 AM
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ESCANABA -- An Escanaba apartment sustained fire, smoke, and water damage after a kitchen fire late Sunday night.

Escanaba Public Safety responded to a kitchen fire at 309 South 13th Street around 10:30 p.m. on Sunday. Officials said that the fire was reported as a stove in the kitchen of an upstairs apartment, and when they arrived all occupants of the house had been evacuated.

Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire, keeping most damage in the upstairs apartment, with water damage to the ground floor apartment. The Escanaba Public Safety Department is still investigating the cause of the fire.