BETHLEHEM -- A Bender Lane woman and her son lost their Elsmere home Tuesday when a deep-fat fryer in a basement kitchen caught fire, fire officials said.
Lillian Sigsby and her adult son were on the first floor of the large, ranch-style home at 208 Bender Lane, leaving the fryer unattended in the basement, said Elsmere Fire Chief Richard Webster. Webster said did not know the son's name.
The son smelled smoke just before 2 p.m., went to the basement and saw the kitchen in flames, said Webster. "He went back upstairs, got his mother out of the house and went back inside with a fire extinguisher," explained the chief.
"But by that time, …
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