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No injuries after kitchen fire at north-end Peterborough home

Peterborough Fire Services were called to a fire on . Peterborough Fire Services

No injuries were reported following a kitchen fire at a home in Peterborough on Sunday afternoon.

According to Peterborough Fire Services platoon chief Don Broersma, around 4:35 p.m., crews responded to a report of a kitchen fire at a home on Glebemount Crescent in the city’s north end.

Broersma says a crew worked its way through the smoke-filled house and located the fire and quickly extinguished the blaze.

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“Working smoke detectors are attributed for alerting the occupants of the smoke and fire and allowed them to safely exit the house and call 911,” he said.

A cause of the fire was not provided.

Damage is estimated at $45,000, the service said.

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