Fire Department

Burned steaks are to blame for sending the Madison Fire Department to a downtown apartment on Saturday night.
 
Alarms sounded and residents evacuated the Ovation Apartments at Engine Company 1 and Ladder Company 1 came on scene. A tenant inside a fifth-floor unit told firefighters he was trying to sear some steaks in peanut oil and accidentally burned them.
 
There was no fire outside the skillet, but a good amount of smoke was kicked up in the process. Crews ventilated the entire fifth floor, and Ladder 1 reset the building’s alarm panel.