(KAIR)--An Atchison home is uninhabitable following a Thursday morning house fire.

Atchison Fire Chief Ted Graf tells MSC News firefighters from the Atchison Fire Department responded to the residence, located at 109 South 14th Street, shortly before 8:20 in the morning.

He says the fire began in the kitchen, and firefighters were able to extinguish it.

According to Graf, a resident of the home was evaluated at the scene by EMS but refused transport for hospital treatment.