Kitchen Fire Causes $75,000 in Damage, 1 Person Transported to St. Mary's Hospital

City of Madison Firefighters transported one person to St. Mary's Hospital for non-life threatening injuries from a house fire at 1708 Fisher Street. The lone occupant safely escaped from the home, but the kitchen fire caused $75,000 in damage. First floor suffered smoke and fire damage. A door to the second floor was closed, so the smoke damage was minimal. The call to 911 was received at 10:52 am and was extinguished by firefighters at 11:07 am. The resident has insurance. * * * National Fire Prevention Association (NFPA) and the City of Madison Fire Department remind residents of the following safety message: COOKING Cooking fires are the #1 cause of home fires and home fire injuries. Two-thirds (66%) of home cooking fire started with the ignition of food or other cooking materials. Facts & figures • Cooking equipment fires are the leading cause of home structure fires and associated civilian injuries. These fires accounted for 40% of all reported home structure fires and 36% of home civilian injuries. • Cooking equipment was involved in two of every five (41%) reported home fires. • Unattended cooking was by far the leading contributing factor in these fires. • Clothing was the item first ignited in less than 1% of these fires, but these incidents accounted 15% of the cooking fire deaths. • Ranges accounted for the largest share (59%) of home cooking fire incidents. Ovens accounted for 16%. • Three of every five (59%) reported non-fatal home cooking fire injuries occurred when the victims tried to fight the fire themselves. • Frying poses the greatest risk of fire. • Thanksgiving is the peak day for home cooking fires.

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