Henrico firefighter injured battling large building fire
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WTVR CBS 6 Web Staff
Posted at 8:49 AM, Feb 05, 2021
and last updated 2021-02-05 08:49:06-05
HENRICO COUNTY, Va. --A Henrico firefighter suffered minor injuries when they fell from a bay door to the ground after fighting a fire in a large building in an industrial/warehouse complex on East Port Boulevard, off Charles City Road and Laburnum Avenue, Thursday night.
Henrico Fire
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
"First fire unit arrived at 10:27 p.m. to find smoke in a large commercial building," a Henrico fire spokesperson wrote in an email. "The automatic fire sprinkler system had activated and the building was evacuated. Fire crews located the fire at 10:34 p.m. and had zero visibility in and around the warehouse."