HOPEWELL, Va. (WRIC) — Dave Fratarcangelo was shocked to see his neighbors’ home across the street go up in flames not once, but twice this weekend.
Hopewell Fire and EMS units responded to the 400 block of Woodland Road around 3:15 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 3, after receiving reports of a house fire.
The next day, on Sunday, the home went up in flames a second time.
Fratarcangelo grew up on Woodland Road in the Mansion Hill Neighborhood, where he currently lives with his family.
“Saturday afternoon, I was sitting in the living room — just watching TV, reading … and heard some fire vehicles pull up out in front of the house,” Fratarcangelo said. “[I] looked out, and across the street, there [was] some smoke coming off of the roof.”
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