Wednesday, February 27, 2013
The fire on Sunday afternoon caused an estimated $60,000 in damages to the home.
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue investigators have named an unidentified electrical event in the basement as the cause of Sunday’s accidental fire in the 6600 block of Reserves Hill Court off of Old Columbia Pike in Annandale. According to a news release, the fire started in the mechanical room in the basement and later spread to the ceiling and first floor subfloor of the home. The news release states firefighters responded to the house fire at approximately 1:55 p.m. to find “heavy smoke coming from the basement of the two-story home.” It took firefighters about 15 minutes to get the fire under control. A spokesperson for the department told Patch on Sunday that the smoke alarms in the home did not activate, but all occupants were able to…
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Two occupants at home called 911 after they smelled smoke and found the garage on fire.
A fire broke out Sunday afternoon in the garage of a home on Reserves Hill Court, a cul-de-sac development off of Old Columbia Pike in Annandale, across from Pinecrest Golf Course. Two occupants of the home smelled smoke and noticed the smoke detectors in the home did not go off, according to a Fairfax County Fire and Rescue spokesperson. They found the fire, in the home's garage, and called 911. About 30 fire and rescue personnel arrived on scene and performed an aggressive fire attack and got the fire out in about 10 minutes. Fire and rescue have determined that the fire started due to an undetermined electrical issue. Ten people live in the home — six adults and four children. Only two were home at the time of the fire. The family …
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
The fire has been ruled accidental.
An Annandale man and a firefighter suffered non-life threatening injuries in a fire Sunday in West Annandale. According to a news release from the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, units responded to a two-story structure fire at 3739 Morningside Dr., around 5:35 p.m. Upon arrival, firefighters saw the building, which is near the rear of the property’s primary residence "fully involved with fire." It took firefighters 15 minutes to get the fire under control. The adult male injured in the fire was transported to the Washington Hospital Burn Center. The firefighter was transported to INOVA Fairfax Hospital. In addition to the injuries to the man and the firefighter, the release states some of the nearby woodlands were affected by …
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Where we get into details about what the news was.
The Super Derecho Storm coverage dominated the news this past week, as thousands of Fairfax County residents waited out their power outage in the heat and dark. The derecho knocked out power to more than 1 million people in Virginia, Maryland and the District — the largest non-hurricane outage in Virginia’s history. Fairfax County officials are asking Verizon to investigate the failure of the 911 system in Fairfax and other jurisdictions. Here’s information on debris pick-up in Fairfax County. Poll: What got you through the power outage? Crime A man reportedly inappropriately touched a woman at the Target in Falls Church last month, according to Fairfax County police. The man is said to have also taken a photo of the woman underneath her …
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
There were no injuries in the fire, which started just before 1 p.m. on Tuesday.
Update 7 p.m. Friday: According to a news release from the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, the fire was accidental. Due to the derecho storm on Friday, the home was without power for days. When power was restored to the home, "the electric stove was in the on position and combustible materials near the stove ignited causing the fire." Two adults and three children have been displaced. The family has accepted Red Cross assistance. The total cost of damage is estimated at about $85,000. Original post July 3 2:40 p.m. A house fire in the 8400 block of Ararat Court in Annandale partially shut down Monarch Lane and all of Ararat Court on Tuesday afternoon. There were no civilian or firefighter injuries. According to one of the fire …
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Monday, May 21, 2012
The four occupants of the home escaped without injury. Damage is estimated at $50,000.
A house fire early Sunday morning at 3518 Rose Lane in Annandale has displaced a family of four. According to a news release from the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, units responded to a call about a house fire at the single-family home at approximately 3:35 a.m. Upon reaching the scene, firefighters saw smoke and fire coming from the eaves and attic. Units were able to get the fire out in under 10 minutes. The two adults and two children were able to escape the home thanks to the smoke alarms alerting them to the fire. There were no civilian or fire personnel injuries. Fire investigators said the fire was caused by an "unidentified electrical event" involving the recessed lighting and ruled it accidental. The damage is …
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011
"Coming Soon" on real estate sign in front yard
Fire damaged a single family home at 9203 Alyssum Way in Annandale Wednesday morning. Captain Joe Schumacher of the City of Fairfax Fire Department said the dispatch came through at 7:45 a.m. "When we arrived there was smoke showing through the entire structure," he said. Fire fighters believe that no one was in the home at the time of the fire. "A neighbor told us that the owner had died, and the house was for sale, but that's unconfirmed," said Schumacher. "It's believed that the fire started in the basement, but investigators are on the scene," he said. A representative from Long & Foster Realtors, the company listing the house, said that the home was scheduled to go on the market tomorrow. "They put a lot of work into it," he said, …
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
The girl, who was the only one home at the time, got out of the home safely minutes before firefighters arrived
A 15-year-old girl safely escaped a house fire at her home at 3794 Dade Dr in Annandale after a neighbor called 911. Fairfax County Fire Department and Rescue units responded to the fire at 5:56 p.m., minutes after resident Steve Cowan called 911. "I was in the kitchen getting ready to cook dinner on the grill when I saw the smoke and flames," said Cowan, who lives at the end of the block. "I went over there and pounded on the door. She answered and said she was the only home. The firefighters showed up two minutes later. The response was immediate." The girl, who declined to give her name, was asleep at the time of the fire. "I was sleeping, heard the alarm and went to check. Then someone came knocking on the door. [When I went to check] …
Larry
12:59 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
I wasn't really sure what West Annandale was either, but looked up the address and it makes sense to me. I figured it was west of downtown somewhere. Lighten up. more ›