Firefighters battle HVAC fire at Chesterfield home amid snowstorm

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- Chesterfield County firefighters battled an HVAC fire that spread to a home's crawl space Monday evening amid the second snowfall of the season.

Just before 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 8, firefighters with Chesterfield County Fire and EMS were called to the 5600 block of Benika Drive for report of a house fire.

When they arrived, crews found smoke coming from a home. Once inside, they found that the fire had stared in the home's HVAC unit and had spread into the crawl space.

Dec. 8 house fire on Benika Drive in Chesterfield. (Photo: Chesterfield County Fire and EMS)

Dec. 8 house fire on Benika Drive in Chesterfield. (Photo: Chesterfield County Fire and EMS)

The fire was put out within half an hour. Thankfully, no one was hurt.

Chesterfield first responders have been busy with this incident and many others during the second snowstorm of the season.

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