6 rescued from apartment building in West Ghent area of Norfolk, 4 taken to hospital
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) -- Several people were rescued from a three-alarm fire that broke out early Monday morning in the West Ghent area of Norfolk.
Dispatch said they were notified around 4:34 a.m. for the fire in the 900 block of Greenway Court. It was called in as a two-alarm fire and later upgraded to a three-alarm fire at 5:10 a.m.
WAVY's Kiahnna Patterson says one unit of the three-floor, 15-unit building appeared to be collapsed, but everyone has been evacuated. Four people were rescued by firefighters via ladders put up to the building, while two other people were rescued from inside the building. Norfolk Battalion Chief Stephanie Ramsey says the fire appeared to have started on the first floor.
Four people were taken to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries, firefighters say.
Firefighters were using multiple hoses on the building still as of 7 a.m., as the fire was going through the roof. Stay tuned to WAVY.com for updates.
West Ghent was the location of a string of a suspicious fires starting back in February of 2020. The man accused of setting them, Ryan Elza, is currently in jail.
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