Resident, Firefighters Hospitalized In Alexandria High Rise Fire

ALEXANDRIA, VA—One resident and two firefighters were hospitalized and three residents are displaced after a high rise fire in Alexandria early Thursday.

Firefighters from Alexandria and Fairfax County responded to the two-alarm blaze at Sentinel of Landmark around 2 a.m. The Alexandria Fire Department says the fire started on a ninth floor apartment and extended to the 10th floor. Debris from the fire dropped and started a fire on the first floor balcony of an apartment.

WTOP reported a man and two firefighters were taken to the hospital but is likely not critical. Three people were displaced from the fire, and two relocated on their own.

Fire marshals are working to determine the cause of the fire.

Image via Alexandria Fire Department