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Just before 5:30 p.m. Tuesday South Bay firefighters were called to 8859 Lombardi Drive near Oneida Lake in the town of Cicero. Seven departments responded to the fire.

(Ken Sturtz | ksturtz@syracuse.com)

CICERO, N.Y. -- A person was cooking Tuesday with a deep fryer in a garage when it started a fire that spread to a house.

Just before 5:30 p.m. South Bay firefighters were called to 8859 Lombardi Drive near Oneida Lake in the town of Cicero. Seven departments responded to the fire.

A person had been cooking a turkey in a deep fryer in the two-car attached garage, South Bay Second Assistant Chief Dave Cowburn said. The deep fryer apparently caught fire and spread to the propane tank and garage, he said.

No one else was home when the fire started and the resident who had been cooking in the garage escaped the fire with a head injury, Cowburn said.

The fire ripped through the garage and extended into the house before it was put out. The house suffered significant smoke and fire damage, Cowburn said. The Red Cross was on scene, though the occupant had a place to stay, he said.

County property records list the owner of 8859 Lombardi Drive as Teresa M McSweeney.