HENRICO COUNTY, Va. β No one was injured after a two-alarm fire damaged several apartments in Henrico's West End on Friday afternoon.
The fire broke out at Copper Mill Apartments along Silver Stream Lane around 4 p.m. Friday. That is along West Broad Street not far from Sam's Club and the Ourisman Toyota dealership.
Several residents reported seeing fire coming from a third-floor apartment on the side of the building. They said the flames were coming through the roof and from the apartment's balcony.
Video from the scene showed significant damage to the roof and side of one apartment building.
Henrico Fire Battalion Chief Brad Owens said when crews first arrived, they went inside the building. But firefighters retreated because of the roof, which eventually collapsed, and continued attacking the fire from the outside.
"What they're doing right now is that they're overhauling β specifically the roof area because that became very unstable and so that stuff is sitting there smoldering and burning," Owens said. "And if we just leave it, one, it could fall down later. Two, it could catch fire again. So we want to make sure we get all that down, get down to the actual bare bones of the building and make sure that none of it is going to catch fire again."
Owens said it is unclear how many people were displaced, but that officials with the Red Cross were on the scene to assist residents.
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