April 18, 2025
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Annandale house fire caused by plumbing torch

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Fire damages Camelot house. [FCFRD] A house fire at a home in the 3800 block of King Arthur Road in Annandale July 7 was caused by the use of a plumbing torch that ignited combustibles within void stud space on an exterior wall, the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department reports. Fire units from the … Continued

Fire damages mattress store

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A two-alarm fire heavily damaged the Overstock Mattress store at 5912 Leesburg Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads Friday afternoon, the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department reports. Units from the Alexandria and Arlington fire departments assisted. [Photos: FCFRD] The fire was discovered by an employee who called 911. Four people were in the store at the time. … Continued

Child honored for saving his family during fire

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Taeloire, with firefighters, Ravensworth Principal Roxanne Salata, and his parents. [FCFRD] Firefighters from the Annandale Volunteer Fire Department, Station 8, came to Ravensworth Elementary School March 6 to present a Life Saving Award to Taeloire, a third grader, the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department reports. Taeloire was credited with saving his family when his … Continued

Three-alarm fire at apartment in Lincolnia

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Two people were hospitalized following a three-alarm fire at the Morningside Apartments on Beauregard Street in the Lincolnia area Friday afternoon. One of the injured adults has a “moderate injury,” and the other adult in the hospital has a “non-life-threatening injury,” which is considered more serious, said  Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department Battalion Chief … Continued

Annandale house fire displaces five

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Smoke consumes the rear of a house on Poplar Street. [FCFD] A two-alarm fire at a house in the 7200 block of Popular Street in Annandale Dec. 16 displaced five people and caused more than $161,200 in damages, the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department reports. A reader captured the Fire Department response in the … Continued

Fire damages Lake Barcroft house

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Firefighters contain fire to carport. [Debi Gerald] A house fire in the Lake Barcroft neighborhood Nov. 27 was caused by “an electrical event that ignited nearby combustibles” in the carport, the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department reports. No one was home at the time. Damage was estimated at $50,000. Firefighters arrived at the two-story, … Continued

Combustible materials cause Annandale house fire

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Firefighters respond to a fire in Annandale.  Combustible materials placed next to a boiler system in the basement caused a fire at a single-family house on the 4500 block of Hillbrook Road in Annandale Nov. 13. When firefighters from Fire Station 8 in Annandale arrived shortly before 7 a.m., they smoke coming from the roof. … Continued

Car fire was horrifying experience

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Anne Whitten’s car after the fire was extinguished. [Photos by David Whitten] The owner of the vehicle that caught on fire at the Exxon station on Gallows Road and Holly Road in Annandale Oct. 22 says it was a horrifying situation but feels lucky that no one was hurt. “It was a full-on full flaming … Continued

Car fire at gas station

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A car fire at the Exxon gas station at Gallows and Holly Road in Annandale Oct. 22 could have been much worse if firefighters hasn’t been able to respond quickly and extinguished the fire before it reached the gas pumps. Units from the  fire station in Merrifield (#30) and the Jefferson station (#18) in Falls … Continued