Burlington family homeless after kitchen fire

The Burlington Fire Department answered a call to the 2400 block of Morningside Drive at 12:10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 19. Firefighters found a house with smoke coming from the attic when they arrived, but nobody inside. In about 20 minutes they had the fire in the attic under control, according to a department news release.

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The fire actually started in the kitchen where an unattended pan led to a grease fire that spread to the cabinets and then the attic. It did about $100,000 in damage to the house and its contents, according to the fire department.

The Red Cross is helping the family.

This article originally appeared on Times-News: Burlington family homeless after kitchen fire