PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Dozens of firefighters from several area departments worked to control a massive warehouse fire at Custom Windows of Tidewater in Portsmouth, fire officials tell WTKR News 3.
The fire was reported at 915 Duke Street in Olde Towne Portsmouth around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to Battalion Chief Shawn Teartt, who spoke to reporter Angela Bohon on scene.
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Crews from Navy Regional, Norfolk, and Chesapeake joined Portsmouth crews, Teartt said, and Suffolk came in to Portsmouth to support other calls that may come in during this incident.
There is no word on a cause of the fire but Teartt said there were no injuries to citizens or firefighters as of 11:30 a.m.
When crews arrived, they enacted the commercial structure fire incident action plan to try and get the fire under control.
Dominion Energy says about 3,000 customers were impacted by the fire.
The company says after its crews did an initial damage assessment Wednesday afternoon, they determined that a circuit – carrying about 1,000 of the impacted customers – will need permanent repairs, including a new power pole. They expect crews to finish work on the equipment Wednesday night one they get clearance to do so.
Dominion Energy says they de-energized power lines for the safety of the community and first responders who were battling the fire, which is near electrical equipment.
"Power lines are flammable, especially when they are energized," a Dominion Energy spokesperson shared in an update. "De-energizing them helps to mitigate the spread of the fire and potential damage."
