Smithville Firefighters Called to Fiddlers Manor Apartments

Smithville Firefighters were called to Fiddlers Manor Apartments on Walker Drive at 12:57 p.m. today (Tuesday) after a fire was reported in one of the apartments.
Fire Chief Charlie Parker says actually what happened was that a woman who lives in the apartment was roasting pecans and nuts when the stove overheated, causing damage to the oven. Smoke spread throughout the apartment, but no one was injured.
As a precaution, Chief Parker says all residents of the entire apartment complex were evacuated. There was no structure damage to any of the apartments.
DeKalb EMS and officers of the Smithville Police Department were also on the scene.