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Police blotter/fire calls Unattended pot on stove blamed in $75,000 blaze Unattended cooking was the cause of a kitchen fire that resulted in approximately $75,000 damage to a Mill St. E. Acton apartment early Thursday morning. Halton Police report a female resident of the apartment was cooking on the stove at approximately 1:30 a.m. She left the kitchen and when she returned she found flames coming from the stovetop. Police say she tried to extinguish the fire but could not, so she fled the home with her two children and the fire department and police were called. When Halton Hills firefighters arrived they were met with extreme heat and heavy smoke. Police evacuated residents from the two neighbouring units. No one was injured in the blaze, but along with the fire damage in the kitchen, there was also smoke and heat damage throughout the apartment. ··· A Georgetown man was charged with impaired driving and having over 80 mg of alcohol in 100 ml of blood after police stopped a vehicle in the Guelph St. and King St. area of Norval Saturday afternoon. Charged is William Bell, 28, of Rexway Dr. ··· Tires were slashed on several new vehicles at two Guelph St. car dealerships in Georgetown sometime last weekend (March 24-25). Six tires were slashed on four vehicles at Georgetown Chrysler. Damage is $2,500. Seven tires on four vehicles were also slashed at Georgetown Kia. Damage there is $3,000. ··· The sunroof in a 1997 Honda Accord parked on Mountainview Rd. overnight Saturday/Sunday was slashed. Damage is $250. ··· Halton Hills firefighters responded to the first grass fire of the season Wednesday of Credit St. in Glen Williams shortly after noon last Wednesday. The cause is undetermined. ··· Firefighters responded to a small fire in the men's washroom at Tim Hortons on Mountainview Rd. last Wednesday evening. There was only minor damage and firefighters ventilated smoke from the building. Police are investigating the incident that occurred shortly after 9 p.m. ··· Embers from someone using a cutting torch earlier are the suspected cause of a fire in the transfer station at Leferink Disposals on Armstrong Ave. at approximately 5:40 a.m. Thursday. The building's sprinkler system kept the fire contained until firefighters arrived. Damage is estimated at $5,000.