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Press release from the FCFRD News Blog:
December 10, 2021
On Wednesday, December 8, at approximately 10:45 p.m., units from Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, Arlington County Fire Department, and the City of Alexandria Fire Department were dispatched for a reported house fire in the 3700 block of Lacy Boulevard, in the Bailey's Crossroads area of Fairfax County.
Units arrived on the scene of a two-story, single-family home with smoke showing. Crews quickly located and extinguished a fire in an upstairs bedroom. The fire was contained to the bedroom. There were no reported civilian or firefighter injuries.
Three occupants were home at the time of the fire. The smoke alarm alerted the occupants to the fire. They could smell something burning and saw smoke in an upstairs bedroom. The occupants called 9-1-1 and self-evacuated.
Fire Investigators determined that the fire was accidental in nature and started in the flue lining of the chimney. The fire was caused by radiant heat from the wood burning stove pipe inside the flue lining and extending to the interior walls of the bedroom.
Three occupants were displaced because of the fire. Red Cross assistance was requested and accepted. Damages as a result of the fire were approximately $37,500.
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