Candels spark small fire

A kitchen fire broke out at approximately 10 last night at 140 Mill St., apartment 2D.

Ohio University juniors Megan Weathers, Stephanie Dattilo and Becky Brauch were melting candle remnants in a pottery dish in their oven when they smelled smoke, said Brian Muhn, captain of the Athens Fire Department.

They opened the oven, saw the candles had caught fire and tried to use the fire extinguisher to put it out, Muhn said.

"It made it worse," Dattilo said.

Two Athens Fire Department trucks and two Athens Police Department cars responded after the girls called the police.

The fire was contained in the oven and was put out by a fire extinguisher, said Muhn.