One person who received life-threatening injuries and three police officers who suffered smoke inhalation were transported to a hospital after a fire raged Sunday night at the Interstate Inn hotel in the 2100 block of Indian Hill Road. Officials said 33 people were displaced, including 26 adults and seven children. A call came into dispatch reporting the fire at 10:35 p.m., Capt. Joe Harvey of Chesterfield Fire and EMS said. A second alarm was declared at 10:44 p.m. which dispatched additional firefighters and medics to the scene. Fire crews found heavy fire showing from a room on the second floor,…

Firefighters from Harrowgate, Dutch Gap and Chester fire stations responded Monday, March 11, to Interstate 95 for multiple brush fires between Woods Edge Road and Route 10. Chesterfield Fire and EMS spokesman Jason Elmore said the fires were most likely caused by a vehicle throwing sparks while driving. There is a heightened danger for fires at this time of the year, and special burn laws go into effect. According to the Virginia Department of Forestry, more than 60 percent of Virginia’s annual average of 1,000 wildfires occur in the spring, with March and April being the most active months. Debris…

Chesterfield Fire and EMS responded around 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6, to the 11800 block of Lewis Road for a fire at the Ingenco building, where methane from the landfill is converted into electricity at the Shoosmith Bros. complex. A warehouse building had fire and smoke conditions when firefighters arrived, Lt. Jason Elmore said in a press release. It took crews approximately an hour to get the fire under control. A brief electrical outage was reported in the area. A fire marshal’s investigation determined the cause was accidental and was likely caused by an electrical failure in a piece of…