[PHOTO GALLERY] Fire Damages Congers Home

Traffic on Route 303 in Congers was shut down north of Lake Road Friday evening because of a . 

The home behind Restaurant X in Congers caught on fire around 8 p.m. There were no injuries.

Congers Fire Department Chief Mike Shields said the fire was called in at 8:19 p.m. and that the fire started in the kitchen, but the cause of the fire is still under investigation.

"They (the residents) were on their way out (when the fire started)," he said, so no one was injured. "The whole kitchen is destroyed. It made its way up to the second floor, but we got it before it hit the attic. Right now we're just soaking it down and overhauling."

The volunteers of the Congers Fire Department were assisted by volunteers from the Valley Cottage, Haverstraw and New City fire departments. Rockland Paramedics and Congers-Valley Cottage Ambulance were on the scene, as well as Clarkstown police, the town Fire Inspector and O&R crews.