Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia

Fire Department seeks arson suspect

Investigators from the Fairfax County Fire Department are seeking the public’s help in identifying a person of interest related to a fire at the Oozie Café & Restaurant (Oozie Chicken Plus) at 5624 Columbia Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads. A man set fire to the restaurant at approximately 6:30 a.m. on Feb. 22. The restaurant was … Continued

Resident injured in house fire

A resident of a house in the 4700 block of Autumn Cove Court in Lincolnia was injured in a house fire on Jan. 29, the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department reports. The occupant was transported to a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. When firefighters arrived at the two-story, single-family house shortly after 1 a.m., fire … Continued

Woodson fire causes $8 million in damages

Investigators with the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department estimated the fire on the Woodson High School campus Jan. 30 caused more than $8.85 million in damages. The two-alarm fire was accidental and started in an office in an administrative building next to the school. Woodson is located at 9525 Main Street in Fairfax. Related … Continued

Fire damages Woodson HS admin building

Firefighters spent about five hours on the Woodson High School campus Saturday night controlling a fire on the roof of an administrative building adjacent to the school. The fire did not spread to the main building of the high school, at 9525 Main St., Fairfax. When fire units arrived at about 3 a.m., they believed … Continued

Unattended cooking pot causes condo fire

An unattended cooking pot caused a fire in a unit on the eighth floor of the Woodlake Towers Condominium in the 3100 block of S. Manchester Street in Bailey’s Crossroads Dec. 9.  According to the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, a tenant had been warming a pot of cooking oil shortly before 1 p.m. … Continued

Seven Corners house fire started in the attic

Residents were out of town when their house caught fire. [Debi Gerard] A fire at a single-family home in the 6100 block of Munson Hill Road in Seven Corners was caused by “an unspecified electrical event involving household wiring” in the attic, the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department reports.

Fire damages house near Roundtree Park

A fire started outside this house in the Falls Church area.  [FCFRD] A couple and their child were forced to evacuate after they discovered a fire at their home on Ted Drive in the Falls Church area of Mason District on May 23, the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department reports. Firefighters from the Fairfax … Continued

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.

Fire damages Broyhill Crest home

A house fire started in the attic of this Annandale home. [Photos by FCFRD] A fire damaged a house in the 7400 block of Valleycrest Boulevard in Annandale March 29, the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department reports.  When firefighters arrived shortly after 6:30 a.m., fire was showing from the roof of the one-story, single-family … Continued