By Howard Packowitz

NORMAL – The American Red Cross came to the aid of a woman whose apartment in northwest Normal was damaged by fire Tuesday night.

Normal firefighters were called about 7 p.m. to an apartment building in the 1500 block of Woods Avenue, near Cottage Avenue.

The fire was said to have started in the kitchen of one of the apartments. Authorities reported moderate fire damage to the kitchen, and smoke damage to the rest of the apartment.

The woman who lived in the apartment was not hurt, but the Red Cross provided help because there was too much damage for her to continue living there now.

A dollar estimate of the damage, and the cause were not available late Tuesday night.

The fire department said none of the other apartments were damaged.

Howard Packowitz can be reached at [email protected]