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Suffolk firefighters prevent flames from seriously damaging multiple-family home

There was a fire on the back porch of a building that housed two apartments. Everyone who lived inside had evacuated before rescue teams got to the scene.
Credit: City of Suffolk
Suffolk Fire and Rescue put out blaze on Bosley Avenue

SUFFOLK, Va. — Suffolk Fire and Rescue teams put out a fire at a multi-apartment home in the Lakeside neighborhood just after 8:30 Monday morning.

A release from the city said teams showed up to the building in the 300 block of Bosley Avenue around 8:40 a.m. 

There was a fire on the back porch of a building that housed two apartments. Everyone who lived inside had evacuated before rescue teams got to the scene.

There were no injuries related to the fire.

According to the release, firefighters had the scene under control by about 9:07 a.m. The apartments were still livable after the fire, so nobody was displaced.

Investigators are still working to figure out the cause of the fire.

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