Significant responses were needed this morning (Wednesday) to address two-alarm fires reported almost simultaneously at townhouses in Kingstowne and a shopping center in Springfield.
Firefighters were first dispatched at 4:44 a.m. to the Coventry townhomes in the 5000 block of Dunstable Lane for a fire that consumed all three floors of one building, according to scanner traffic.
“Crews arrived to heavy smoke and fire showing from the rear of multiple townhomes,” the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department said in social media posts around 6 p.m. “Crews quickly went to work to extinguish the fire and search the homes.”
At that time, crews had extinguished most of the fire, but there was still “an active gas fire” at the rear of the homes that needed to be addressed.
Three townhomes were affected by the fire, according to the Alexandria firefighters union, whose members assisted the Fairfax County department.
Firefighters also responded at 4:47 a.m. to a fire at Anytime Fitness (6400 Brandon Avenue) in Springfield’s Tower Shopping Center.
“Crews arrived to smoke and fire showing from the roof of a strip mall,” the FCFRD said on social media at 6:21 a.m. after the blaze was extinguished.
Per scanner traffic, firefighters determined that the fire was “mostly contained to the roof area,” leaving the actual gym intact.
In both cases, no injuries were reported, and the cause of the fires are under investigation.
Anytime Fitness is presumably closed for the time being. No one picked up the phone when FFXnow called around 9:15 a.m., and an email didn’t immediately receive a response.
#FairfaxsBravest are on scene of a 2-alarm townhouse fire in the 5000 blk of Dunstable Ln in Kingstowne. Crews arrived to heavy smoke & fire from rear of multiple townhomes. Crews extinguished the majority of fire & are working to mitigate active gas fire. No injuries. pic.twitter.com/YmybhCE6JK
— Fairfax County Fire/Rescue (@ffxfirerescue) July 23, 2025
