A small fire ignited Tuesday in a Palo Alto kitchen, prompting firefighters to arrive and extinguish the blaze before it spread to the rest of the house.
Palo Alto firefighters responded Tuesday to a kitchen fire at 871 Lytton Ave. The resident said that she had come home to hear smoke alarms in her house and found the inside filled with smoke when she opened the front door, firefighters said.
The dishwasher was running while she was gone, and she believes it may have been the cause of the fire. Fire Engine 1 was first to arrive and extinguish the blaze.
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The fire was contained to the area immediately around the dishwasher, but the rest of the home suffered from smoke damage. Nobody was injured in the fire, and the blaze is under investigation, firefighters said.
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