Household displaced, pets killed in Chesapeake home fireplace

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — 5 individuals are with no place to stay after a home fireplace in Chesapeake.

The hearth broke out at a house within the 2600 block of Meadows Touchdown Street simply after 3 p.m. Monday, within the Western Department part of the town.

Nobody was inside the house on the time of the fireplace, aside from a number of pets. A neighbor passing by known as within the fireplace.

Firefighters had been in a position to rescue a lot of the animals, however a number of didn’t make it. Firefighters mentioned there was intensive smoke and fireplace injury to the house.

The reason for the fireplace continues to be beneath investigation.