Crime & Safety
Car Fires Break Out in Clifton-Area Subdivision
Fairfax County investigators are asking for tips on early-morning blazes in Little Rocky Run.

Investigators from the Fairfax County Fire Marshal’s Office and police department are asking the public for information on a series of car fires that broke out early Saturday morning in the Little Rocky Run neighborhood near Clifton.
Fire and police units responded to reports of seven vehicle fires between 3:50 a.m. and 4:40 a.m. Saturday, according to the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department. The locations included:
- three on Chapelwood Circle at Hart Forest Drive;
- two on Laurel Rock Court;
- one on Rockland Drive;
- and one on Rock Lawn Drive.
The fire department said it’s unknown whether the same person is responsible for all of the fires, but police would like anyone with information to contact the Fire Marshal’s investigators through the Police Department’s Crime Solvers program.
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Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Solvers electronically by visiting http://www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org or text-a-tip by texting “TIP187” plus your message to CRIMES(274637)** or by calling 866-411-TIPS(8477), or call the Fairfax County Police Department at 703-691-2131.
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