1 person hospitalized for burns after Peoria kitchen fire
PEORIA (25 News Now) - A person suffered burns late Thursday afternoon in a kitchen fire at a Peoria apartment complex, according to the fire department.
Firefighters were called about 4:15 p.m. to a report of a grease fire in a first floor residence at the Glenbrook Apartments in the 4700 block of North Knoxville Avenue, between West Glen Avenue and West Lyndale Road, near Peoria Heights.
Two people who lived in the apartment made it out before firefighters arrived. Fire officials said paramedics at the scene treated one of the residents, a woman, who suffered minor to moderate burns. She was taken to a local hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries, the fire department said.
The fire was contained to to just the kitchen, but damage is estimated at $75,000.
Investigators determined the cause was accidental.
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