KITCHEN FIRE DAMAGES RESIDENCE
One resident suffers second-degree burns, refuses treatment

Firefighters from three departments quickly extinguished a housefire in the 1500 block of Ivey Church Road Tuesday afternoon that started in the kitchen. Photo by Jon Mayhew/TCS

By Jon Mayhew

PUMPKIN CENTER -- Pumpkin Center, North 321 and Boger City Fire Departments responded to a three-alarm fire Tuesday afternoon at a residence in the 1500 block of Ivey Church Road.

Firefighters arrived on the scene to find smoke and flames coming from the attic area of the residence. The occupants inside managed to get out of the house.

One of the residents told authorities he sensed something wasn't right in the kitchen and found two pots on the stove on fire. Instinctively, he grabbed the blazing pots on the stove and threw them out the back door.

The resident refused treatment from Lincoln EMS. Firefighters couldn't estimate the damage to the residence.

Food left on the stove is the second leading cause of housefires in the United States; discarded smoking materials is the primary cause of housefires.

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