CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Days after a Chesterfield apartment fire displaced 44 residents, one man is reflecting on the moment his life changed, and the support that has been helping him move forward.
On Friday, Jan. 16, Darby Cassel returned to the Waterside at Iron Bridge Apartments to see what remains of the building where he lived for just over a year.
“That was my apartment,” Cassel said, pointing to the damaged building. “That window to the left of the balcony was my bedroom, and then the fire started on this side.”
Cassel who lived on the third floor, said he was asleep when the fire broke out across the hall from his unit around 2 a.m. on Thursday Jan. 8…