CHESAPEAKE, Va. — 14 people are without a home on Friday after their apartment building caught fire in Chesapeake.

The Chesapeake Fire Department said they were called to Great Bridge Apartments — off of South Battlefield Boulevard in the Great Bridge section of the city — at around 1:17 p.m. Friday after receiving multiple calls for an apartment fire.

When they arrived to the scene around 1:20 p.m., firefighters reported seeing heavy smoke and flames coming from the two-story apartment building. They began to evacuate residents as more crews arrived to help extinguish the fire.

The flames were able to spread quickly through an attic space, making it harder for firefighters to extinguish, but the fire was brought under control by 2:46 p.m.

One man experienced a medical emergency at the

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