PEORIA, Ill. — One person was hospitalized after an accidental fire in Peoria on the first day of the new year.
The Peoria Fire Department was called to the area of N. Woodbine Terrace and W. Wardcliffe Drive around 5:30 p.m. Sunday on reports of a structure fire.
Fire Battalion Chief Steve Rada says the fire started in an apartment kitchen, the result of unattended cooking.
A resident and her children were able to get out safely, but the apartment building had to be evacuated.
One person inside the apartment was burned, and taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Damages are estimated at $35,000.
