A trip to the grocery store proved to be much more expensive than just the price paid at the register for one Pacifica family this week after the packages contributed to a structure fire apparently sparked by a family pet.

Pacifica firefighters were dispatched at 7:34 p.m. Tuesday evening put out a residential blaze in the 1400 block of Adobe Drive, the North County Fire Authority said.

The first arriving fire company found heavy smoke coming from a single story, single family dwelling. Firefighters made entry and began search and rescue operations and found a person who they safely brought outside with no injuries. Crews remained at the scene for over two and a half hours.

The family of three is being assisted by the American Red Cross, the fire department said.

The cause of the incident was determined to be accidental and the result of combustibles too close to cooking appliances. A family pet may have inadvertently dislodged newly purchased groceries onto a counter-top cooking appliance, according to the North County Fire Authority.

Katy St. Clair got her start in journalism by working in the classifieds department at the East Bay Express during the height of alt weeklies, then sweet talked her way into becoming staff writer, submissions editor, and music editor. She has been a columnist in the East Bay Express, SF Weekly, and the San Francisco Examiner. Starting in 2015, she begrudgingly scaled the inverted pyramid at dailies such as the Vallejo Times-Herald, The Vacaville Reporter, and the Daily Republic. She has her own independent news site and blog that covers the delightfully dysfunctional town of Vallejo, California, where she also collaborates with the investigative team at Open Vallejo. A passionate advocate for people with developmental disabilities, she serves on both the Board of the Arc of Solano and the Arc of California. She lives in Vallejo.