Kenton Firefighters Respond to Minor Kitchen Fire at Hardin Crest Apartments on Sunday

The Kenton Fire Department was dispatched to Hardin Crest Apartments Sunday evening for what turned out to be a minor kitchen fire.

According to information from the department, firefighters were dispatched at around 6:45pm after a smoke alarm was activated in the building.

Light smoke was present on the second floor, and residents were evacuated.

Firefighters traced the source of the smoke to a second-floor apartment where food had caught fire on the stove.

After the building was ventilated, the residents were allowed back into their apartments.