Adult, child seriously injured in fire that destroyed Chesterfield County home

Adult, child seriously hurt in large fire that destroyed Chesterfield home

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect the accurate number of people hurt in this fire after county officials provided further information. CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- Two people were seriously injured in a Monday evening fire that destroyed a Chesterfield County home. At about 6:15 p.m. on Monday, May 19, firefighters with Chesterfield County Fire and EMS were called to a home in the 21200 block of Genito Road for report o…

Adult, child seriously injured in fire that destroyed Chesterfield County home

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. An adult and a child were seriously injured in a house fire in Chesterfield County on Monday evening.Emergency crews were called to the 21200 block of Genito Road at 6:15 p.m., according to Chesterfield County Fire and EMS. Firefighters arrived to find the home fully engulfed in flames. "Because of the rural location and the extent of the fire, it took more than two hours to mark the fire under control," the fire departm…