Goldsboro resident injured in kitchen fire
By Melody Brown-Peyton
Published in News on February 27, 2018 3:01 PM
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Goldsboro firefighters respond to the scene of a kitchen fire at Legacy at Berkeley Place apartments Tuesday afternoon.
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Goldsboro firefighters responded to a kitchen fire at a Fallin Boulevard apartment Tuesday afternoon.
The fire occurred shortly before 1 p.m. at 113 Fallin Blvd., in Apartment C.
Tyvon Cooper, a resident of the Legacy at Berkeley Place apartments, was cooking when a pan caught fire, according to fire officials who responded to the incident.
Cooper took the pan outside and neighbor, James Harden, used a nearby fire extinguisher to put out the fire. Cooper was taken to Wayne UNC Health Care with second-degree burns to his hand and wrist.
No property damage was reported by fire officials.