FCFRD News Blog : Improperly Discarded Smoking Materials Cause Of Hybla Valley Apartment Fire

Centreville VA

14 December, 2021

11:17 AM

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Press release from the FCFRD News Blog: December 14, 2021 On Sunday, December 12, at approximately 7:58 a.m., units from the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department and the City of Alexandria Fire Department were dispatched for a reported apartment fire in the 2600 block of Arlington Drive in the Hybla Valley area of Fairfax County. Units arrived on the scene of a three-story, garden apartment with fire showing from the third floor. A second alarm was requested. Crews were able to bring the fire under control quickly. One occupant was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. No firefighter injuries were reported. One occupant was home at the time of the fire. Approximately 25 residents of other apartments were in the building at the time. The fire was discovered by a resident of a neighboring building who reported fire evident from the third-floor balcony. Simultaneously, a fire alarm pull station was activated in the fire building. It is undetermined if the smoke alarms in the apartments were working. Fire Investigators determined that the fire was accidental in nature and started on the balcony of the apartment. The cause of the fire is improperly discarded smoking materials. Approximately seventeen residents have been displaced because of the fire. All the displaced are being assisted by the Red Cross and the Fairfax County Department of Emergency Management and Security. Damages as a result of the fire were approximately $166,000. This press release was produced by the FCFRD News Blog. The views expressed here are the author's own.