Two dogs sustained grave injuries today (Thursday) in a West Springfield house fire.
The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department responded to a middle-unit townhome in the 5800 block of Rexford Drive shortly after 10 a.m.
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Four people were sent to the hospital today (Wednesday) due to injuries sustained in a West Springfield house fire.
The structure, located in the 7900 block of Jansen Court, appeared to go up in flames shortly after 7 a.m., the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department said.
Nearly two months after Krop’s Crops was devastated by a fire, its owners are hopeful they’ll be able to recover, thanks to an outpouring of support from the community.
The Sept. 9-10 fire consumed a one-story barn and the main marketplace building at the family-owned produce farm in Great Falls (11110 Georgetown Pike). No injuries were reported, but everything in storage, including its antique collectibles and Christmas sleigh, was lost, co-owner Andy Krop says.
Last-minute modifications that weren’t properly communicated contributed to the burns sustained by a firefighter during a training exercise last year, the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department says.
One team of firefighters was not equipped to properly handle two live fires during the Oct. 13, 2024, training at the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Academy, attributable to a lack of communication among training organizers, according to a department report released Friday (Oct. 24).
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At least seven people have been hospitalized, and local residents are being advised to shelter in place, as firefighters seek to control a two-alarm fire at a metal scrap yard along Richmond Highway in Lorton.
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue units were dispatched just after 1 p.m. to the Davis Industries property at 9920 Richmond Highway for an outside fire, according to scanner traffic.
Fairfax County fire investigators have identified the cause of a two-alarm fire that damaged three townhouses in Springfield yesterday (Monday).
The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department was called to the 6200 block of Levi Court in the Greenwood neighborhood around 2:30 p.m. for the blaze.
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A farm that has provided produce to Great Falls for decades was devastated last night by a fire.
The fire at Krop’s Crops (11110 Georgetown Pike) was first spotted around 11:34 p.m. yesterday (Tuesday) by a Fairfax County police helicopter returning from an unrelated call, according to the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department.
A fire that destroyed several units in the Vista of Annandale apartments over the weekend was electrical in origin, the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department said yesterday (Tuesday).
Specifically, an “electrical event involving a surge protector” is what set an apartment building in the 7900 block of Charles Thomson Lane ablaze, the fire department says.
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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.
Firefighters battled both fire and water in the Reston area over the past weekend.
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