1 Injured In Fire At 2-Story Merrifield Home On Thursday: Updated

Updated 3:45 p.m.

MERRIFIELD, VA —Fairfax County Fire and Rescue personel extinguished a fire late Thursday night at a two-story home in the Merrifield area. Initial reports said no one was injuried, but a department spokeswoman told Patch on Friday afternoon that one civilian was taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries.

Fire and rescue units were dispatched around 10:30 p.m. to the 2900 block of Home Place for the report of a fire. Arriving on the scene, firefighters found fire and smoke coming from the rear of the house. The house was occupied at the time of the fire, according to an FCFRD spokeswoman.

Neighbors called 9-1-1 after seeing the fire at the home that was only a few years old, according to Fox 5's Melanie Alnwick. The fire may have originated in the basement. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

A related question, is there any more information available about the bus fire on Fairfax County Parkway yesterday? Has the cause of the fire been identified and a damage estimate? No further information available at this time.

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