A kitchen fire at an apartment in Vancouver’s Landover-Sharmel neighborhood last week was caused by unattended food on the stove, according to the Vancouver Fire Department.
Fire crews were dispatched at 8:05 p.m. Wednesday to the Cascade Woods apartments, 2508 N.E. 138th Ave., near Evergreen High School. A resident asked a neighbor to call 911 after a fire started on their stovetop, according to a fire department news release.
Firefighters arrived within four minutes and found fire in the second-floor apartment, the news release states. Additional units responded for a total of 22 firefighters.
All residents were safely evacuated; there were no injuries, the fire department said. The blaze was brought under control within 10 minutes.
