READING, Pa. – City firefighters responded to a fire Sunday morning in the 200 block of Carpenter Street.<\/p>\n
Crews were sent out about 11:45 a.m. to a two-story apartment, where they found a kitchen fire with some extension into the roof, according to a social media post from the Reading Firefighters Local 1803.<\/p>\n
Crews quickly put out the fire, and the Office of the Fire Marshal is investigating, according to the same post.<\/p>\n
Fire Marshal Jeremy Searfoss told 69 News the fire started from “unattended cooking,\u201d causing \u201csignificant damage to the apartment.”<\/p>\n
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