Stove Blamed for House Fire

LONGVIEW — Five Longview residents have been displaced after a stove ignited in the home. Longview Fire Department Chief J.P. Steelman said firefighters were dispatched around 11:20 Wednesday morning to the residence in the 1400 block of Timpson Street in connection with a residential house fire.

Steelman said one of the residents had the stove on to help heat the duplex, when she left the residence to go next door. Steelman said the resident told investigators that when she came back the kitchen was on fire. There were five people in the duplex when the fire ignited, but no injuries were reported.