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Kitchen Fire Causes $10,000 in Damage

September 5, 2018 by Debbie Wolfe

Firefighters work to secure a Gulfport duplex residence damaged by an accidental kitchen fire on the evening of Wednesday, August 29 at 5808 Gulfport Boulevard S. The home was not equipped with smoke detectors or fire extinguishers, said Gulfport Fire Chief James Marenkovic. No persons or animals were injured in the fire.

An accidental kitchen fire involving food left on the stove caused an estimated $10,000 in damage on the evening of Wednesday, August 29 in the east half of a duplex located at 5808 Gulfport Boulevard S.

No persons or animals were injured in the fire, said Gulfport Fire Chief James Marenkovic.
“The damage may not have been as extensive as it was if had had a smoke detector and fire extinguisher,” he said. “The takeaway from this is that smoke detectors and fire extinguishers should be in every home.”

The neighbor living in the other half of the duplex smelled smoke and when she put her hand on the man’s front door, “she felt it was hot,” said Marenkovic. “She called 911.”

Firefighers from Gulfport and St. Petersburg answered the fire alarm.

The cooking food “self-extinguished because it had no more oxygen for the fire to grow,” he said.

Afterward, Marenkovic said he advised the Gulfport-based landlord to make sure that smoke detectors and fire extinguishers are installed.

Gulfport firefighters remove items from a Gulfport duplex where an accidental kitchen fire caused an estimated $10,000 in damage on the evening of Wednesday, August 29.

 

by Debbie Wolfe

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