No injuries reported in Evanston kitchen fire

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No injuries were reported in a kitchen fire Wednesday night at a residential home in north suburban Evanston. | Evanston Fire Department

No injuries were reported in a kitchen fire Wednesday night at a home in north suburban Evanston.

Firefighters were called at 6:22 p.m. to the fire at a home in the 1400 block of Grey Avenue, according to the Evanston Fire Department. The first responders to the fire saw heavy smoke coming from a window on the first floor.

The fire — believed to have been caused by cooking grease — was brought under control with minimal damage by 6:32 p.m., the department said.

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