Self-cleaning oven in unattended apartment prompts 911 call to Wrightstown firefighters

WRIGHTSTOWN (WLUK) — The Wrightstown Fire Department is reminding residents not to leave their home unattended while their oven is in self-cleaning mode.

It comes after an incident Wednesday at an apartment in the 800 block of County Road U. Multiple agencies were dispatched there around 4:40 p.m. for a possible structure fire.

Upon arrival, firefighters saw no smoke or flames from the exterior of the building; however, a faint odor of smoke was detected. Once inside, crews determined the source was an oven that had been placed in self-cleaning mode with no one present in the apartment…

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