Two people seriously injured in house fire

Firefighters rescued two occupants trapped by a two-alarm townhouse fire Sunday afternoon in Springfield, the Fairfax Fire and Rescue Department reported on X.

Both occupants were transported to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The fire happened in a middle-of-the-row townhouse at the intersection of Leestone Court and Leebrad Street, near the Baclick/Braddock intersection.

As fire crews were responding to reports of an activated smoke alarm shortly before 1:30 p.m., a 911 caller reported that two occupants were trapped inside.  

The first-arriving crew immediately began searching the home. They located and removed both occupants before additional units arrived. Firefighters then located and extinguished a kitchen fire while additional crews searched the rest of the home.

Among those who responded were crews from the Annandale and Edsall Road fire stations. There were no firefighter injuries.

Fire investigators are working to determine the cause of the fire.

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