Smoke and fire damaged the kitchen of a single family home on Wrangell Avenue Tuesday morning. (Photo courtesy of the Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department)

A quick thinking passer-by helped extinguish a house fire on Wrangell Avenue in Petersburg Tuesday, July 16.

The blaze was noticed around 10 a.m. Tuesday in a home on the 800 block of Wrangell Avenue.

Joe Viechnicki spoke with Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department spokesman Dave Berg about the blaze.

Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department spokesman Dave Berg has since said the fire may have been caused by an electrical short in an appliance in the kitchen but the investigation into the cause is still underway.