Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department issued the following announcement on Dec. 23
On Wednesday, December 22, at approximately 5:33 a.m., units from the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department and the City of Alexandria Fire Department were dispatched for a reported apartment fire in the 6200 block of Rose Hill Drive in the Rose Hill area of Fairfax County.
Units arrived on the scene of a three-story, garden apartment with fire evident from a third-floor balcony that was extending into the apartment and attic space. Crews quickly extinguished the fire. Firefighters also located, and removed, a semi-conscious cat from the fire apartment and handed it off to the medic crew for treatment. Two residents were transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. There were no firefighter injuries reported.
One occupant was home at the time of the fire. The occupant discovered the fire on the balcony prior to fire alarm activation. The occupant attempted to extinguish the fire prior to self-evacuating and called 9-1-1. All the occupants in the building self-evacuated upon the building fire alarm sounding.
Fire Investigators determined that the fire was accidental in nature and started on the third-floor balcony of the involved apartment. The fire was caused by improperly discarded smoking material in a flowerpot.
Two occupants from two separate apartments were displaced because of the fire. Red Cross assistance was requested and accepted. Damages as a result of the fire were approximately $125,000.
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