Fire extinguished at Burbage Lake home

Published 9:19 pm Sunday, April 29, 2018

Firefighters responded to a residential structure fire in the 800 block of Wet Marsh Court on Sunday evening.

Fire damaged the side of a home on Wet Marsh Court Sunday evening.

The fire was reported at 7:49 p.m., and firefighters arrived five minutes later to find light to moderate smoke coming from the outside of the home on the garage side, according to a city press release. The fire was mostly under control after the homeowners used a garden hose on the flames, the press release stated.

Suffolk Fire & Rescue marked the fire under control at 7:59 p.m. The fire reportedly started in a garbage can and had spread to the side of the home. No one was injured, and the two adults and two children will not be displaced.

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The cause was determined to be accidental.