Firefighters battle kitchen blaze at their own station

TAMPA -- Firefighters with Hillsborough County Fire Rescue, Eastlake Station No. 32, were dispatched to the scene of a medical emergency shortly after 6 p.m. Friday and returned about an hour later to find a grease fire raging on the stove.

Fire rescue officials said the crew quickly extinguished the fire with a handheld fire extinguisher, but not before the fire caused extensive damage to the kitchen. No one was injured.

The crew has been reassigned to another fire station until more permanent arrangements can be made.

Fire rescue public information officer Raymond Yeakley said Tampa Fire Rescue and Temple Terrace Fire Rescue will help respond to calls in the area served by the station, located at the corner of Harney Road and 56th Street, to avoid reduced service to the community.