CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — Less than two weeks after a devastating apartment fire in Chester left 40 people without homes and most of their belongings, the community has mobilized to help those affected by the tragedy.
Lorie Lythgoe’s son and his family were among the residents displaced by the January 8 blaze at the Waterside at Iron Bridge Apartments. She received the terrifying call at 2 a.m.
“Two o’clock in the morning and he called me and he’s got a fire on his phone and he says, ‘Mom look at the fire!’ And I said, what? ‘That’s my apartment!’ That’s not a phone call a mother wants,” Lythgoe said.
Neighbors lose everything in Chester apartment fire: ‘Everything’s gone’
While Lythgoe says she’s grateful that her family and everyone else made it out safely, the fire destroyed almost every belonging for many families…