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Chesapeake fire destroys one mobile home and severely damages a second

Posted at 5:25 PM, Mar 11, 2017
and last updated 2017-03-11 18:43:03-05

CHESAPEAKE, Va. – Chesapeake Firefighters say a fire Saturday evening destroyed one mobile home and severely damaged another.

Firefighters were called to the 4100 block of South Military Highway at 5:03 p.m. and arrived on scene at 5:11 p.m.

According to firefighters, a single-wide mobile home was fully-involved when they arrived and the fire extended to a second mobile home and a nearby van.

Firefighters brought the fire under control at 5:23 p.m.

A total of three adults and one child are displaced as a result of the fire, but all have made other lodging arrangements.

No one was hurt in the fire and the cause is under investigation.

It was a busy day for Chesapeake firefighters, who also responded to a fire at a portable classroom at Great Bridge Middle School and an apartment fire in the South Norfolk section of the city.