Two-alarm Norfolk apartment fire displaces 17
NORFOLK, Va. – Seventeen people have been displaced after a two-alarm fire at an apartment complex in the 7100 block of Sewells Point Road Friday . The fire was reported at 11:12 a.m. and crews with the Norfolk Fire- Rescue arrived approximately four minutes later. An adult female occupant inside the apartment smelled smoke and self-evacuated along with her five-year-old grandson. She notified neighbors of the fire as she evacuated. Engine Company- 14 reported heavy smoke visible from the second floor of the two- story apartment building . Crews advanced a fire hose inside the building for an interior fire attack and to conduct a primary search of the apartment. Firefighters encountered heavy smoke and high heat conditions as they attempted to suppress the fire. A second alarm was called due to the magnitude of the fire and the size of the building. Norfolk Fire- Rescue Battalion Chief Julian Williamson said the fire was brought under control at 12:30 p.m. Crews used fire sup...