A kitchen fire broke out at a house in Newmarket after an unattended pot of cooking oil ignited last night.
Central York Fire Services was called to a home on Penn Avenue, which is just north of Davis Drive between Main and Yonge streets, for a report of a kitchen fire at about at 5:10 p.m.
When crews arrived, the occupants of the home had already extinguished the fire but CYFS opened the ceiling of the kitchen to ensure the fire did not spread.
There were no casualties or injuries as a result of this blaze, however York Paramedic Services, which also attended the scene, assessed and released two of the occupants of the home.
In total, 16 personnel from CYFS, two chief officers and four fire trucks attended. They also worked in collaboration with the paramedics and York Regional Police.
There is no ongoing impact to the community, however traffic on Penn Avenue was reduced to one lane until about 7 p.m. last night.
This is the second fire caused by unattended cooking oil that CYFS has responded to in Newmarket recently.
In the evening of Jan. 17, crews attended a home on Matthew Boyd Crescent where a kitchen fire was a pot of oil ignited. In that case there were also no injuries and crews were able to extinguish the blaze.
CYFS said cooking fires are the No. 1 cause of fires in Ontario and lead to one third of fire related injuries. They remind residents to never pour water on a grease fire and the first step should always be getting out of the home, closing the door behind you to help contain the blaze.
