THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, January 12, 1997              TAG: 9701120056
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B8   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                           LENGTH:   19 lines

RESIDENT HURT IN FIRE

A man burned his hand early Saturday when a blaze broke out in a home in the 7000 block of Dumar Drive.

A Fire Department spokesman said the man, whose name was not released, declined medical treatment.

The fire, which was reported at 2:41 a.m., caused an estimated $25,000 in damage to the home. It took firefighters 14 minutes to bring the blaze under control.

The cause of the fire was traced to combustibles placed too close to a furnace.

KEYWORDS: FIRES INJURIES