Scio Township home severely damaged in kitchen fire

A Scio Township home was severely damaged from a kitchen fire Saturday evening.

The Scio Township Fire Department responded to the Scio Farm Estates home at 802 Magnolia Lane around 6 p.m. to find the kitchen on fire and smoke filling the house’s attic.

Scio Township Fire Department Fire Chief Carl Ferch walks in front of a home that was severely damaged Saturday evening after a kitchen fire.

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The homeowner’s boyfriend said he was heating grease on the stove but stepped outside to look at his truck and talk to his sister, who lives next door. He said he was gone between 10 and 15 minutes.

“It poofed,” he said. “We had a heart attack.”

Assistant Fire Chief Doug Armstrong said firefighters had the fire under control within 20 minutes with assistance from the Dexter Area Fire Department and the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Department.

He said one pet bird died, but no one was in the house during the fire and there were no injuries.