By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
Fire erupted in a house in Morton this morning, displacing its residents.
Lewis County Fire District 4 was called about 11:10 a.m. to the 400 block of Westlake Avenue where a kitchen was fully engulfed in flames and the windows were blowing out, according to Fire Investigator Ted McCarty.
Nobody was injured, but the kitchen was destroyed and the rest of the home suffered smoke, heat and water damage, McCarty said.
McCarty said it began when the contents of an oil lamp were accidentally spilled on the electrical outlet for the hot water heater. The resident went to get a rag to clean it up and when he returned he saw smoke and then fire started creeping up the wall, McCarty said.
The damage was extensive enough the residents can’t stay there, according to McCarty.
“The Red Cross has been called and they’re putting them up, I understand, for a few days,” McCarty said.
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