Stove fire damages Mill Creek house

MILL CREEK — A pot of cooking oil left unattended on a stove caused a fire Tuesday morning.

Firefighters were called to a kitchen fire in the 2200 block of 172 Place SE west of Mill Creek about 6:40 a.m., Snohomish County Fire District 7 spokeswoman Autumn Waite said. One of the people living there had already put out the fire when crews arrived.

The fire started because a pot of cooking oil was left unattended and boiled over, Waite said. Damage was estimated at $2,000.

It’s important to always keep an eye on cooking and to keep all that can burn away from the stove top, Waite said.