Cooking oil ignites small fire in Lynnwood home

Published 12:01 am Friday, July 1, 2011

LYNNWOOD — A small fire broke out in Lynnwood on Thursday night after a pot of cooking oil boiled over on the stove and ignited.

The fire was reported about 8 p.m. in the 5700 block of 178th Street SW, officials said. Damage was mostly limited to the kitchen area, so the couple who lives there was able to remain.

Crews from the Lynnwood Fire Department and Snohomish County Fire District 1 responded.