POCONO SUMMIT — A home on Hunter Drive was heavily damaged on Wednesday evening when a kitchen fire spread and quickly engulfed the first floor.

"The kitchen is in the back," said Pocono Summit Fire Chief Andy Bethel.

"The back half of the first floor was engulfed when we got here and then it started coming out the front."

Firefighters were able to pour water on the fire from both the front and the back of the home and contain the fire before 7:45, less than a half an hour after the fire began.

"It was heavy fire involvement but it was contained to just that one section of the house and (the fire) was easy to knock down," Bethel said.

One person was taken to a local hospital with a back injury, Bethel said, but it was unclear if the injury was related to the fire. The house suffered heavy smoke damage.

Firefighters from Pocono Summit and Pocono Mountain fire companies responded to the fire.

Coolbaugh Township firefighters were dispatched to the scene but were called off before arrival when the fire was brought under control.

— Adam McNaughton