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Early morning kitchen fire displaces one in East Henrico

Posted at 9:38 AM, Feb 01, 2014
and last updated 2014-02-01 09:41:19-05

HENRICO COUNTY, Va- (WTVR)  Henrico County Fire Department responded to a house fire in the 55,500 block of Raleigh Road in the county's East End early Saturday morning.

Crews arrived around 12:20 A.M. and found a small fire in the kitchen.

According to Captain Danny Rosenbaum, firefighters contained the fire to the kitchen and quickly extinguished it within 14 minutes.

The cause could be from the fire was a grease fire on the stove.

There was only one occupant in the house at the time of the fire.

He was treated for minor smoke inhalation and has been temporarily displaced.

The Red Cross has been called in to assist.