Fire crews rescued a dog, guinea pig and pet lizard Wednesday from a home fire officials say was started by cooking fried chicken. No one was injured.
The fire was under control within five minutes after Clark-Cowlitz Fire Rescue arrived around 2:15 p.m. in the 700 block of Hoffman Street in Woodland, the department reports. The fire engulfed the home’s stovetop, kitchen cabinets and adjacent living room after a person stepped away from the kitchen while cooking fried chicken, fire crews report.
The fire marshal says there were no working smoke alarms in the house.
Another person, who left the burning building, later returned with a fire extinguisher to rescue the pets, but had to leave when the heat and smoke overwhelmed him.