Apartment Building, Residential Lynchburgh, VA – Overnight trash chute fire at apartment building is put out by sprinkler system November 6, 2015 viking210 Everyone made it out safely after a fire broke out at Jefferson House Apartments in Lynchburg. It happened around midnight. Officials say the fire started in a trash chute that connects all of the floors. The fire was put out by the sprinkler system before crews got there. About 30 people evacuated from the apartments, but were allowed back in around 2:30 a.m. on Thursday after each floor was cleared.
