CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Chesapeake fire officials are working to figure out what caused a house fire to break out that injured one person and forced four people out of their home.
Crews were sent to a home in the 1300 block of Great Bridge Boulevard shortly before 5 a.m. Saturday. That's just off the interstate and not far off from the I-64/I-464 interchange.
The inside of the house was filled with heavy flames, but crews were able to stamp out the fire by 5:20 a.m.
Tracey Privott said she was at home, awake, when she noticed thick smoke.
“I open the kitchen door and there was just smoke everywhere. The house was just smoked up,” she said. “Once we got outside and we look to the side, that’s when we seen the flames.”
Privott said she and her mother were awake at the time. But her mother’s friend was still inside and they couldn’t get to him, at first.
“He was still in there sleep... We had to pull him out the window to get him out,” Privott said. “He was sleep and he inhaled the smoke.”
Medics had to take a man to the hospital to be treated for minor injuries. Four other adults were displaced. The Red Cross will be helping them out.
“It was scary. Scary. I can’t even go in the house and sit down anymore," Privott said. “It makes you think about some of things people take for granted... I know things will work out. We’ll be alright. We will be alright.”
The investigation is ongoing.
