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2 injured after kitchen fire in Beech Grove home

BEECH GROVE, Ind. (WISH) — Two people were injured Sunday in a house fire that started in the kitchen. 

Crews with the Beech Grove Fire Department responded to a home in the 300 block of South 9th Avenue around 7:23 p.m. Sunday and arrived to find heavy smoke.

Three people were inside the house when the fire started, according to Capt. John Bishop with Beech Grove Fire Department. Two of those people were taken to area hospitals with slight injuries.

Bishop said the damage to the home was significant because “the entire kitchen was on fire.” 

The Indianapolis Fire Department assisted with the fire response.