Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department
4100 Chain Bridge Rd, Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Phone: 703-246-3801, TTY: 703-385-4419 and Fax:703-385-1687
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fire

09/28/06

Falls Church Apartment Fire

Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department units responded to an apartment fire at approximately 10:10 a.m., Thursday, September 28, 2006, in the Falls Church area of Fairfax County. The three-story garden apartment, Bedford Village, is located at 8225 Adenlee Avenue.

Firefighters brought the fire under control in approximately 15 minutes. There were no reported injuries. Approximately four apartment units sustained fire and or water damage, and ten units sustained smoke damage. Number of residents displaced is undetermined.

Damage is estimated at $75,000.

According to fire investigators, the fire was accidental, a plumber using a torch in apartment #2, HVAC closet, accidentally started the fire.

For more information, call Daniel L. Schmidt or Lieutenant Raul G. Castillo, Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, 703-246-3801 and TTY: 703-385-4419. Fairfax County is committed to nondiscrimination on the basis of disability in all county programs, services and activities. Reasonable accommodations will be provided upon request.