Family displaced after cooking fire damages Peoria apartment

PEORIA (25News Now) - An adult and two children were displaced Sunday when a fire damaged their home in Peoria’s Cityscape Apartments, the city’s fire department reported.

No one was hurt in the fire in the 600 block of Romeo B. Garrett Avenue, near North Richard Pryor Place.

Battalion Chief Thomas Burns said firefighters found heavy smoke coming from the roof of the two-story building, and low visibility inside the second-floor apartment.

Burns said everyone was out of the residence when crews arrived about 4:48 p.m. They quickly put out the fire in the kitchen, preventing flames from spreading to neighboring apartments, according to Burns.

An investigator determined the fire was accidental, caused by cooking.

Damage is estimated at $40,000.

Burns said the American Red Cross helped the displaced family find temporary housing.

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