Kitchen fire leaves family homeless

He also liked a double kitchen island with a stone top from Williams-Sonoma, because it had so much storage. "It's cool that those boxes pull out and you have drawers," he said. He has a lot of stuff, "so hiding clutter is key."For a "simple, sturdy and utilitarian" option, he chose Restoration Hardware's salvaged-wood kitchen island. Whereas the Conrad kitchen island from Pottery Barn, he said, "is higher up, so you can sit around it," if that's what you're looking for.But Joe Colombo's Mini Kitchen, designed in 1963, was his favorite – despite the price."If I had 26 grand to spend on an island, this is the one I'd get," he said. "It's beautiful, it's functional. It's not cheap, but if you can swing it, it's 26 grand of mod and groovy."

Firefighters pulled a 44-year-old woman from the floor of her smoky bedroom shortly after Midnight, when the kitchen of her apartment at 1120 St. James Ave. burned.Dennis Leger, executive aide to Springfield Fire Commissioner Joseph Conant, said the woman was transported to the Baystate Medical Center where she was treated for smoke inhalation. There is no current word on her condition.The 12:15 a.m. blaze damaged the kitchen of the first floor apartment "A" Unit of the Springfield Housing Authority apartment complex, but also forced families in adjoining units out as their apartments filled with smoke. Neighbors could be seen airing their apartments out as firefighters worked in the downstairs unit.

Leger said the fire started in, and was contained to the kitchen, where he estimated some $15,000 in damage was caused by the fire. A Lincoln family is searching for a new place to live after a kitchen fire causes major damage to their apartment.It happened just after 5 p.m. Officials said the fire started from a pan of grease left unattended on the stove. The grease ignited and spread onto the walls and the cabinets.Residents of Havelock Apartments were evacuated, but were allowed back in after 20 minutes. Unfortunately, the family of the apartment won't be able to stay."They won't be able to stay here because of the fire damages, they'll have to be relocated and Red Cross is here to help them with that," City fire investigator Chuck Schweitzer.