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4 adults, 8 children displaced in Norfolk apartment fire

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — An apartment fire in Norfolk Friday morning displaced four adults and eight children from their homes.

According to Norfolk Fire-Rescue, the fire was reported just before 1 a.m. in the 1900 block of Greenleaf Drive, not far from Campostella Road and Teakwood Court.


When firefighters arrived on scene, they found smoke and flames coming from one unit of an apartment complex.

The flames spread to three apartment units, resulting in the displacement of four adults and eight children. The Red Cross will be assisting them.

One person was transported to the hospital for a non life-threatening injury.

The fire was marked under control at 1:44 a.m.

The cause remains under investigation.

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