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Cause of kitchen fire deemed electrical in Saskatoon’s Avalon neighbourhood

The Saskatoon Fire Department extinguished a kitchen fire on Friday evening at a home in the Avalon neighbourhood. Saskatoon Fire Department / Supplied

Crews with the Saskatoon Fire Department put out a kitchen fire at a home in the Avalon neighbourhood on Friday evening.

At around 7:10 p.m. CT, firefighters were called to 2414 Landsdowne Ave. and arrived to find smoke coming from the front door of the house.

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Everyone inside had evacuated before firefighters arrived.

READ MORE: Fire destroys garage in Saskatoon’s Forest Grove neighbourhood

Crews quickly put out flames coming from the stove area of the kitchen and then searched the house.

A fire investigator determined the cause of the blaze to be “accidental” and “electrical” in nature.

Fire and smoke damage is estimated at $8,000.

No injuries were reported.

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