Crime & Safety
Sprinklers Minimize Trash Fire Damage At Tysons Building
There were no injuries when a dumpster fire broke out inside an apartment building.
TYSONS, VA — No one was injured when sprinklers put out a dumpster fire inside a Tysons apartment building Sunday, Sept. 22.
Units responded around 1:04 p.m. to the 1500 block of Boyd Pointe Way, which appears to be the location of Adaire Apartments. The fire broke out in a dumpster inside the building, and sprinklers put out the fire.
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue estimates the sprinklers saved about 800 people in the building. Damages were estimated to be $650. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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Fairfax County Fire Chief John Butler recently spoke out against a state decision regarding fire sprinkler requirements for new construction. According to WAMU, the Virginia Board of Housing and Community Development did not approve a code change on Sept. 16 requiring fire sprinklers in new townhouses and single-family homes. DC, Maryland and California require sprinklers in new one and two-family homes, but Virginia is among the states not allowing fire sprinkler requirements for these homes, says the National Fire Protection Association.
I strongly oppose this decision. Not safe for our firefighters!! As fire chief and their advocate, I’m disappointed. Always safer for sprinklers to put out fires, then unnecessarily risk the lives of firefighters. https://t.co/95m216f1hH
— Fire Chief John S. Butler (@ChiefJohnButler) September 17, 2019
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