Fire crews quickly contained a cooking fire late Sunday afternoon that caused heat and smoke damage to an apartment in the 600 block of West 14th Avenue.
According to Battalion Chief Chad Allen with the Hutchinson Fire Department, firefighters were dispatched around 4:30 p.m. after Hutchinson Police officers reported smoke visible from a commercial structure. Crews arrived to find an apartment door covered in soot and confirmed a working fire.
The apartment was unoccupied at the time of the call. Firefighters evacuated nearby residents as they worked to extinguish the blaze, which scorched walls and produced minor smoke damage in adjacent units.
Investigators determined the cause was accidental. No injuries were reported among residents or emergency responders.