Fires Across Five Locations Displace Six

Firefighters responded to kitchen fires in Chico, Aurora, Orford and Springfield. In Chico, a restaurant’s fire-suppression system quickly extinguished a stovetop fire, with no injuries reported. In Aurora, unattended cooking sparked an apartment fire that displaced two adults and a child; one adult was treated for smoke inhalation, and the child was found safe. Unattended cooking also caused a Springfield apartment fire that displaced three residents, while an accidentally abandoned tea towel on a hob sparked the Orford fire; no injuries were reported in Springfield, and further details about injuries or damage in Orford were not released.