Fire damages home

Published 1:40 pm Thursday, April 9, 2015

A blaze in a Sierra Drive home early Thursday morning did heavy damage to the kitchen and living room but did not cause any injuries. (City of Suffolk Photo)

A blaze in a Sierra Drive home early Thursday morning did heavy damage to the kitchen and living room but did not cause any injuries. (City of Suffolk Photo)

A fire in the 1400 block of Sierra Drive damaged the home of two adults and four children.

The blaze was reported at 12:26 a.m. Thursday, and the first units arrived four minutes later, according to a city news release. Firefighters found a kitchen fire that had extended into the living room area of the single-story home.

The kitchen and living room suffered heavy fire damage, and the remainder of the house had smoke damage.

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The occupants were out of town, and a friend was house-sitting, according to the news release.

No firefighters were injured. The cause was ruled accidental.