Woman Injured in Kitchen Fire

LIVERMORE, CA- A woman suffered second-degree burns to her face Thursday when a kitchen fire ignited while she was cooking dinner at her home in Livermore. Firefighters with the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department responded at 6:59 pm. to a report of a structure fire at a residence in the 4000 block of Scenic Avenue.

Responding firefighters arrived to find a two-story duplex with heavy smoke and fire coming out of a front window. The first crews to arrive were able to extinguish the fire, firefighters said. The kitchen and the living room sustained fire damage, and there was smoke and heat damage to the other rooms on the first and second floors of the structure.

Firefighters said two occupants of the residence were preparing dinner when they noticed oil in a pan was smoking. As the woman approached the pan, the oil overflowed and the pan ignited, burning the woman’s face.

Both occupants were able to exit the home and call 911. The victim was transported to the hospital for treatment.

By Bay City News

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