CHESAPEAKE, Va. — The Chesapeake Fire Department was on the scene of a house fire in South Norfolk early Wednesday morning.
Emergency dispatchers received a call about the fire in the 1400 block of Park Avenue around 12:45 a.m.
A spokesman for the fire department said the fire was under control by 1:47 a.m.
That spokesman said a woman was hurt in the home. She had burns, but there was no word, initially, on how severe those injuries were.
A pet cat died at the scene.
By 6 a.m., it still wasn't clear how the fire started.