Fire damages Annandale store
Fairfax County firefighters
extinguished a fire March 29 at the Dollar Plus store at 7875 Heritage Drive in
Heritage Mall in Annandale. Some smoke, but no fire, spread to nearby stores. There were no
injuries.
The fire started shortly after 6:30 a.m. No one was in the store at the time. The owner was alerted to the fire through his security alarm system. He used his cellphone to access the security camera and discovered a fire inside the store. The owner contacted his security monitoring company who then reported the fire.
Fire investigators determined the fire was started on the sales floor and was caused by an electrical event in a power strip. Damages were estimated at $100,000.
