CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — A family was able to safely escape after a smoke alarm alerted them to a fire in their Petre Road apartment early Monday morning.
According to the Chesapeake Fire Department, units were dispatched to Horizon at Indian River Apartments at approximately 1:44 a.m.
Upon arrival at 1:53 a.m., firefighters located and quickly extinguished a small fire in a bedroom.
The family, which consisted of two adults and a child, escaped before firefighters arrived…