Firefighters extinguish small kitchen mishap — at their firehouse

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Updated: March 11, 2012 8:37AM

Just because they battle blazes doesn’t mean firefighters are immune to the occasional smoky mishap.

Just before 11 a.m. Tuesday, Chicago Fire Department crews from the station at 76th and Pulaski in the Ashburn neighborhood went out to respond to a pin-in accident, department spokesman Rich Rosado said.

When they returned, a passerby reported smoke coming from the firehouse, Rosado said. Apparently a pot of meat was left cooking while the crews were responding to the accident, and it produced smoke, but no flames.

The smoke was extinguished with a small hand pump and no injuries were reported, he said. No word on whether the firefighters had to call out for lunch.