Stove starts fire at Anchorage restaurant

ANCHORAGE - Anchorage firefighters said a stove left on overnight caused a fire at a Midtown restaurant.

A 911 caller reported the fire Monday morning, telling the dispatcher a smoky odor was coming from the celling at the Pepper Mill restaurant.

According to firefighters, the stove left on for many hours overheated a wall, but they were able to extinguish the smoldering fire before it spread to other parts of the building.