Chesterfield fire causes apartment building evacuation, displacement

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A fire that took place in Chesterfield on Sunday night caused an apartment building to be evacuated and one person to be displaced.

According to Chesterfield Fire and EMS, they received a call at 7:54 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 17 about a fire at an apartment building in the 300 block of Karl Linn Drive.

(Video courtesy of Jamal Williams, 8News)

The first units were on scene within five minutes. It was determined that a stove top fire happened within a single apartment on the first floor, and the fire did not spread outside the apartment.

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The fire was extinguished by an automatic sprinkler and there were no reported injuries. The person who lived in the apartment has been displaced.

All others in the building that were evacuated temporarily will be able to stay in the apartments unaffected.

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(Photo courtesy of Meghan Curtis, 8News)

This is the second stove fire that has happened at this apartment building within the past two months, the other happening back in September.

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