PLACE COMBUSTIBLES AT LEAST 3 FEET AWAY FROM ANY IGNITION SOURCE: COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL TOO CLOSE TO A SPACE HEATER START A FIRE IN A CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA HOME
February 7,
2015
CHESAPEAKE,
VIRGINIA. (WAVY)
Fire crews
battled a blaze at a home on 22nd Street in the South Norfolk section of
Chesapeake Saturday afternoon.
Firefighters
responded to the 1300 block of 22nd Street near B Street around 1:10 p.m. after
receiving reports of a house fire.
Crews
arrived to find smoke showing from the two-story home and quickly brought the
fire under control in just over 15 minutes, according to Captain Saunders with
the Chesapeake Fire Department.
No injuries
were reported.
The fire
was started by materials that were stored too close to a space heater, Saunders
said.