CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. – Three residents and one firefighter were taken to the hospital after a two-alarm fire early Saturday morning at an apartment complex in Chesterfield County.
Fire crews were called to the Birchwood at Boulders Apartments along Boulder Springs Drive early just before 3:45 a.m., according to Lt. Kenny Mitchell with Chesterfield Fire and EMS.
Firefighters arrived about four minutes later to find heavy fire shooting through the roof of the three-story building, Mitchell said.
Residents were “self-evacuating” as fire crews went into “rescue mode” to evacuate residents and fight the fire simultaneously,
A two alarm was called and more than 50 firefighters from Richmond responded.
The fire was marked under control at 4:50 a.m., Mitchell said.
Officials said three residents and one firefighter were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Mitchell said the firefighter’s injuries were heat-related.
Mitchell said 27 residents were displaced because of the fire, which remains under investigation.
Officials said investigators are still working to determine what sparked the blaze.
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