FCFRD News Blog : Unattended Cooking Cause Of Seven Corners Apartment Fire

Fairfax Station VA

11 December, 2021

11:18 AM

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Press release from the FCFRD News Blog: December 10, 2021 On Thursday, December 9, at approximately 12:52 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 3100 block of South Manchester Street, in the Seven Corners area of Fairfax County. Units arrived on the scene of a nine-story, residential high-rise building with no smoke or fire evident. Upon investigation, crews located a fire in an apartment on the eighth floor. A second alarm was requested. A fire in the kitchen was quickly extinguished. The fire was contained to the apartment. There were no reported civilian or firefighter injuries. No occupants were home at the time of the fire. The tenant was warming a pot of cooking oil when he left the unit. The neighbors could smell something burning and called 9-1-1. Fire Investigators determined that the fire was accidental in nature and started in the kitchen. The fire was caused by unattended food cooking on the stove. Two apartments were not able to be reoccupied. Red Cross assistance was offered and declined. Damages as a result of the fire were approximately $50,000. This press release was produced by the FCFRD News Blog. The views expressed here are the author's own.