SUFFOLK FIRE & RESCUE RESPOND TO RESIDENTIAL GARAGE FIRE
SUFFOLK, Virginia (June 17, 2021) Suffolk Fire & Rescue responded to the scene of a residential garage fire, Thursday, June 17, 2021, in the 700 block of Carolina Road. Emergency Communications was contacted at 6:01 a.m.
Battalion Chief William Kessinger advised that the first units arrived on scene at 6:08 a.m. and found a detached garage fully involved with multiple exposures to a residence, camper, and multiple vehicles. The fire was contained to the garage but the camper and other vehicles sustained heat damage. The fire was marked under control at 6:28 a.m. No injuries were reported. No one was displaced as a result of the fire.
Responding units included Battalion 1, Engine 1, Engine 2, Engine 4, Ladder 3, Rescue 1, Medic 1, EMS 1, and Safety 1.
The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Fire Marshal.
-Submitted by Diana Klink
