ZEIGLER – Zeigler firefighters responded to a kitchen fire at a home in the 200 block of Prairie Street just before 3 Monday afternoon.

According to the Zeigler Fire Department, when firefighters arrived, the owner/occupant of the home said his kitchen was on fire and that he had suffered injury while trying to extinguish the flames.

Firefighters made entry into the home and quickly suppressed the fire. The fire was contained to the kitchen. The cause of the fire has been determined to be a cooking/grease fire and is currently considered accidental in nature.

No other injuries were reported in this incident.

Mutual aid, assistance and support for this fire was provided by the Royalton Fire Department, Zeigler Police Department, America Medical Response, Central Dispatch of West Franklin County and the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office 911 Communications Center.