HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Hutchinson firefighters stopped an apartment fire Friday night.
According to a release from the department, crews were called just before 10 p.m. to 319 West 9th. When they got there, heavy smoke was showing from a first floor apartment in a multi family two and a half story home.
The fire was contained to one room, but smoke and heat damage were noted in the adjacent rooms. The two occupants of the affected apartment were not home at the time of the fire. One other apartment was occupied and its occupant escaped without injury.
No one was hurt. The cause of the fire was the result of unattended items left on a floor furnace grate. Crews were on scene for 2 hours to complete overhaul and investigation.
Hutchinson Fire also worked a car fire at 812 8th Street. No one was hurt in that fire, either.