FCFRD News Blog : One Person Injured In Centreville Townhouse Fire

Press release from the FCFRD News Blog:

November 23, 2021

On Sunday, November 21, at approximately 10:41 p.m., units from Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department and the Loudoun County Fire and Rescue Department responded to a reported townhouse fire in the 5100 block of Woodfield Drive in the Centreville area of Fairfax County.

Units arrived on the scene of a two-story, middle unit townhouse to find smoke showing from the rear of the home. Crews located a fire on the second floor. The fire was quickly extinguished. One occupant was transported to the hospital with minor injuries. There were no firefighter injures.

Two occupants were home at the time of the fire. One occupant awoke to smoke and fire in the bedroom. He then alerted the other occupant who was in the basement. Both occupants self-evacuated and called 9-1-1. Smoke alarms were present and activated as the two occupants exited the townhouse.

Fire Investigators determined that the fire was accidental in nature and started in a second-floor bedroom. The fire was caused by an electrical malfunction within a surge protector.

Two occupants were displaced because of the fire. Red Cross services were offered and declined. Damages as a result of the fire were approximately $30,000.

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