Four adults and five children are displaced after a house fire in Evansville.
National foundations will double your contribution to support high quality local news in Evansville, but only until Dec. 31st! Please make a contribution today to keep local news strong in our community.
Firefighters were dispatched to 718 E. Louisiana St. at about 8:20 Friday morning for a report of a kitchen fire.
The first unit on the scene reported smoke coming from the house.
In a release, EFD Division Chief Mike Larson said crews quickly knocked down most of the flames and the fire was considered extinguished before 9:00 a.m.
Larson said four adults were home when the fire started and they escaped on their own.
One of them had a burn on the upper arm. AMR medics checked the person and did not take them to a hospital.
The home next door at 716 E. Louisiana received some minor heat damage, but Larson said quick action by
EFD firefighters kept the fire from spreading.
The Red Cross was contacted to help the adults and five children, ages 2-to-11.
Larson said the cause of the fire was cooking-related.