A detached garage went up in flames late Saturday night, Nov. 7, 2026, in the 2700 block of Airport Road in Suffolk, and firefighters raced to keep the blaze from spreading to the nearby house. By the time crews got it under control roughly 25 minutes later, firefighters had contained the blaze, but the home itself was still standing — scorched by heat but spared from being consumed by fire.
Suffolk firefighters were called to the scene just after 10 p.m. on Nov. 7, according to WTKR. When they arrived, they found the detached garage fully engulfed, with flames already licking toward the nearby house. As reported by WAVY.com, crews reached the scene about ten minutes after the initial call and immediately launched a fire attack aimed at keeping the flames from entering the main structure.
Three Hose Lines, One Close Call for the House Next Door
Firefighters stretched three separate hose lines to knock down the fire, per the same WTKR report. That effort paid off: crews managed to stop the flames from spreading inside the home, even though the structure still suffered damage from the intense heat radiating off the burning garage. The fire was declared under control around 10:25 p.m., just over 20 minutes after the call came in.
No one was injured in the incident — not residents, and not the firefighters who battled the blaze, the station's report notes. The Suffolk Fire Marshal's Office is now working to determine what sparked the fire, though no cause has yet been established.
Not the First Fire on This Stretch of Road
This isn't the first fire Suffolk crews have responded to on Airport Road. A separate fire previously caused heavy damage to a home in the 2200 block, according to 13News Now. In that earlier incident, no one was home at the time and there were no injuries, though the cause was likewise turned over to the Suffolk Fire Marshal's Office for investigation.
Suffolk Fire & Rescue has also responded to blazes elsewhere in the city, including a fire in 2025 in an apartment above a detached garage in the 300 block of Kilby Avenue. That fire was reported at 4:21 p.m. and brought under control just 15 minutes later, at 4:36 p.m., with no injuries reported, according to the Suffolk News-Herald.
For now, the exact cause of Saturday night's Airport Road fire remains unknown while fire marshal investigators continue their work. No additional details about the extent of the damage to the home have been released.
