PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) -- An accidental cooking fire in Peoria has caused a man and his pets to find somewhere else to live.

Just before 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 7, the Peoria Fire Department received a report of a house fire at 840 W. Saint James St., Battalion Chief Rick Waldron said.

Arriving crews saw moderate smoke coming from the front of the home and called it a working fire.

Firefighters found an oven fire that got into the cabinets and the wall behind it. Crews were able to quickly put it out and begin an overhaul to look for hotspots.

Waldron said a man who lived in the house got out before the fire department arrived. Crews helped get three dogs and two cats out of the home but one cat is still missing.

An investigator said the fire was accidental, caused by grease igniting on

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