FCFRD News Blog : Unattended Candles Cause Of Herndon Storage Unit Fire

Press release from the FCFRD News Blog:

August 23, 2021

On Friday, August 20, at approximately 2:11 p.m., units from Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Fire and Rescue Department were dispatched for a reported building fire in the 2900 block of Centreville Road in the Herndon area of Fairfax County.

Units arrived on the scene of a one-story, multi building storage facility with smoke showing from two storage units. The involved building had multiple interior and exterior storage units. Crews were able to quickly address a variety of access issues and extinguish the fire. There were no reported civilian or firefighter injuries.

The fire was discovered by a passerby who observed smoke emitting from one of the outside storage units and called 9-1-1. There were no working smoke alarms in the building.

Fire Investigators determined that the fire was accidental in nature and started in one of the storage units. The cause of the fire was unattended lit candles too close to combustibles.

No one was displaced because of the fire. Red Cross services not required. Three exterior units sustained smoke and fire damage. Damages as a result of the fire were approximately $165,000.

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