Food left unattended on a stove is thought to be the cause of an early morning fire Saturday that damaged a kitchen in an apartment at the Parkwood South Apartments, 510 Bazinsky Road.

The fire was reported to 911 about 3:22 a.m. Saturday and firefighters arrived to find light smoke coming from the apartment. No one was injured.

Engines 2, 8, Ladder truck 3 and an ambulance responded to the call.

The fire was the second apartment fire to occur in less than 24 hours.

About 2 p.m. Friday, firefighters were called to a fire in an apartment on King Drive in the Waltersville Apartments complex.

Fire Chief Craig Danczyk said workers for AT&T who were installing cable in an apartment noticed smoke coming from the wall in an upstairs bedroom of the apartment. The installers called the contractor remodeling the building, who cut a small opening in the wall and found smoldering insulation and a wire on fire and called 911.

A pumper from the city’s Waltersville station and a truck from Station 6 responded and extinguished the fire. No one was injured.