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Firefighters douse blaze at Norfolk multi-unit complex

No one was home when the fire was reported, officials said.

NORFOLK, Va. — Firefighters battled a fire at a multi-unit complex in Norfolk late Tuesday morning.

Norfolk Fire-Rescue said no one was home when the fire started at around 11:20 a.m. near Branch Road and West Tanners Creek Drive.

Heavy smoke and flames were billowing from the second-floor window of the complex when crews arrived. Firefighters successfully contained the fire to one unit and brought it under control just before 11:40 a.m.

Norfolk Fire-Rescue reported no one was hurt but did not say how many people were displaced.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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