SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Crews responded to a balcony fire at an apartment complex Sunday night.
The call came in around 7:44 p.m. for a commercial structure fire in the 1400 block of Bridgeport Way in Suffolk.
The first units arrived at 7:49 p.m. at the 3800 Acqua Apartments.
Officials say the first arriving units found “smoking embers” on the outside balcony of a fourth-floor corner apartment and were able to “quickly knock down the fire.”
The fire was called under control at 8:02 p.m.
There were no evacuations and no injuries reported.
Officials say the cause of the fire was determined to be “carelessly discarded smoking materials.”
Courtesy: Suffolk Fire Courtesy: Suffolk Fire