Firefighters from three South Whitehall fire stations, Cetronia, Green-awalds and Woodlawn, responded just after 8 a.m. June 8 to a kitchen fire at 1120 Glick Ave., South Whitehall.

Arriving at the scene and seeing smoke coming from the dwelling, Command Officer Rusty Held, chief of Woodlawn Fire Station, immediately called for additional units from Western Salisbury Fire Department, whose fire district abuts the scene of the fire, and for a Rapid Intervention Team from Alburtis.

The RIT team is specially trained to provide a rapid intervention rescue should any firefighters get in trouble while fighting a fire inside a building.

South Whitehall quickly knocked down the fire, enabling the RIT team to be recalled.

An adult male was given oxygen at the scene, and transported by Cetronia Ambulance Corps to the hospital.

Lehigh County tax assessment records indicate the home is owned by Kameel and Samira Sattouf.

While Western Salisbury firefighters were on standby at the Glick Avenue fire, a second South Whitehall call came in at 8:25 a.m. for an alarm at Cedar View Apartments, along Dorney Park Road, South Whitehall.

Western Salisbury and Greenawalds units responded to a cooking fire in a countertop oven on the sixth floor of the apartment complex.

Firefighters said smoke from burned food set off the alarm.

They were released from the call at 8:40 a.m.