An electrical issue related to the microwave may have caused a fire early Saturday morning in the kitchen of a home in the 500 block of 27th Avenue W. (Everett Fire Department)

An electrical issue related to the microwave may have caused a fire early Saturday morning in the kitchen of a home in the 500 block of 27th Avenue W. (Everett Fire Department)

Electrical issue may have caused kitchen fire at Everett home

The Everett Fire Department kept the fire from spreading to the rest of the house early Saturday morning.

EVERETT — No one was injured in a house fire early Saturday morning.

One of the residents called 911 to report a fire in the kitchen that was spreading in their home in the 5000 block of 27th Avenue W, off of Mukilteo Boulevard. Firefighters responded to the blaze around 2:15 a.m. and extinguished the blaze.

An electrical issue related to the microwave may have caused the fire, which was under investigation.

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