CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Students at Hickory Middle School in Chesapeake evacuated and temporarily relocated Thursday morning following a dishwasher fire.
Firefighters responded to a report of a fire in the school’s kitchen at approximately 10:45 a.m.
Upon arrival, crews determined that a commercial dishwasher had caught fire. School staff extinguished the fire with a portable fire extinguisher prior to the Chesapeake Fire Department’s arrival…