Fairfax City Firefighters Respond To Mulch Fire At County Home

FAIRFAX CITY, VA — Fairfax City Fire Department personnel extinguished a small fire Thursday morning at a townhouse community located just outside of the city's border in Fairfax County.

Units were dispatched around 10:21 a.m., for the report of a fire in the 9800 block of Owens Court. Firefighters found a small fire burning in a pile of mulch outside one of the townhomes. They quickly extinguished it. No injuries or damages were reported, according to a Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department spokesman William Delaney.

The city and county fire departments operate under a mutual aid agreement, Delaney said. When a dispatch goes out, the available units closest to the requesting address are sent. In this instance, city firefighters responded.

Fairfax City Fire Station 33, which is located on Fairfax Boulevard, is currently undergoing a major renovation. While construction is underway, the station's fire and rescue team has been moved to the department's training facility on Colonial Avenue and Station 3 on University Boulevard.