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DANVILLE, Va. – There were no injuries in a Friday night fire at an apartment complex on Hermitage Drive in Danville.

The Danville Fire Department responded to 441 Hermitage Dr. Friday night at 8:30pm. Units arrived to find smoke coming from the windows on the second floor of a two-story apartment building.

All of the occupants were outside the building when the first units arrived and there were no injuries.

Firefighters entered the building and knocked down a small fire on the second floor.  The fire was confined to a bedroom, but the apartment suffered smoke damage throughout.

The occupants are staying with family while repairs are made.

Three engines, one ladder truck, a safety officer and a chief officer were on scene for two hours.

The fire started in an overheated extension cord.

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