Vinton kitchen fire displaces family of five

VINTON, Va. – A family has been displaced after a kitchen fire Monday evening, according to the Roanoke County Fire & Rescue Department. 

Fire crews responded at 9:23 p.m. to the 300 block of East Augusta Avenue in Vinton for a reported residential structure fire. The neighborhood is near Famous Anthony's. 

Once they arrived, crews found fire in the window of an apartment around the back of the apartment complex,  which has six units. 

A family of five and two cats lived in the apartment and all made it out OK. They will be displaced, and the Red Cross is helping the family. 

The Roanoke County Fire Marshal's Office determined that the fire was caused by unattended cooking. 

Damage from the fire was contained to one apartment. Those damages are estimated at $7,000.

Crews from Vinton, Mount Pleasant and North County responded to the fire.