A stovetop fire burned out the kitchen of an apartment on the 300 block of Escuela Avenue in Mountain View Sunday night.
The fire was caused by combustible items being placed upon a hot cooking surface, which ignited and spread to a microwave above the stove, according to a press release from the Mountain View Fire Department.
No injuries were reported. Two residents of the affected apartment unit evacuated the building before the arrival of firefighters. They made arrangements to stay temporarily at a hotel due to smoke damage in the apartment, according to the release.
The fire was reported at 9:33 p.m. Firefighters arrived at the apartment complex at 9:38 p.m. and found a fire burning in the kitchen of a second-floor apartment in a multiple story, multiple unit residential apartment complex. The fire was extinguished with a water fire extinguisher.
Escuela Avenue was closed for 45 minutes while units were on the scene.
Firefighters used thermal imaging cameras to ensure the fire had not spread behind the drywall to other units before leaving the scene. Damage to the possessions and the building was estimated at $5,500.
