House Fire 100 Block of Patterson

Kalamazoo, MI:  On 5-22-08 at approximately 6:45 P.M. KDPS responded to a report of a house fire in the 100 Block of W. Paterson.  On arrival officers discovered smoke coming from the roof.  Officers found that the fire had started in the kitchen.  Fire-fighting operations were quickly initiated bringing the fire under control within approximately twenty minutes.

The homeowner advised that she was using her kitchen stove to dry clothes on a metal rack placed in front of the stove.  The stove was left unattended at the time the fire started.

The American Red Cross was contacted to assist the homeowner with temporary lodging.