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Norfolk Fire responds to 2 Friday-morning house fires

Posted at 11:39 AM, Jan 18, 2019
and last updated 2019-01-18 11:39:46-05

NORFOLK, Va. – Norfolk Fire-Rescue responded to two working residential structure fires Friday morning.

According to the department, the first fire was called in at 9:23 a.m. in the 8400 block of Friden Street. Crews were met with heavy smoke on arrival, but the fire was called under control at 9:44 a.m.

The second fire was called in at 9:25 a.m. in the 1900 block of Green Leaf Drive, on the opposite end of the city. The second-floor apartment had visible flames coming from a bedroom window, and the fire was under control by 9:42 a.m.

No injuries were reported in either fire.