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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
11/13/06
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department units responded to a high-rise condominium fire at approximately 2:35 a.m., Sunday, November 12, 2006, in the Huntington area of Fairfax County. The 16-story condominium is located 5904 Mount Eagle Drive.
Firefighters responded to the seventh floor of the building and saw smoke coming from one of the condominium units. An additional alarm was quickly dispatched bringing over 60 firefighters to the scene. Firefighters quickly extinguished the fire in the living room. One adult female was transported to Alexandria Hospital for non-life threatening burns. One firefighter was transported to Inova Mount Vernon Hospital for a non-life threatening injury. The Red Cross is assisting the one displaced adult.
Damage is estimated at $50,000.
According to fire investigators, the fire was accidental. An unattended candle in the living room caused 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.
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