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Herndon apartment patio fire kept small due to alert resident (Check out this Pic)
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Sparky the Fire Dog!
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Date: January 02, 2014 11:24AM
Herndon fire kept small due to alert resident
Neighbor called fire department after seeing patio blaze
http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/article/20131227/NEWS/131229397/1064/herndon-fire-kept-small-due-to-alert-resident&template=fairfaxTimes
An alert resident leaving a Herndon apartment complex on her way to work Friday morning noticed a fire on a fourth-floor balcony, allowing firefighters to respond and prevent greater damage.
The fire took place in the 13000 block of Elm Tree Drive in Herndon.
Rachel Zabriskie, a resident in the building, said she was leaving for work shortly after 7 a.m. when she and a friend noticed the fire.
“The fire was growing bigger and starting to fall down to the balcony directly below it,” she said. “I called 911 and my friend Pam went to knock on all the doors because the smoke alarms hadn’t gone off yet and no one was awake. In less than 3 minutes, five firetrucks showed up to put it out.”
Capt. William Moreland, a spokesman for the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, confirmed that there had been a patio fire at that address Friday morning. “It was a small fire with minimum extension,” he said.
Fairfax County firefighters from Station #36-Frying Pan responded to the call.
“There wasn’t anything obvious on the balcony as to why it would have started, but the people who lived there were home and came to the door when Pam knocked to tell them to get out,” Zabriskie said. “When I finally left for work at 8 a.m., the fire was out and firefighters were chain-sawing the burnt wood.”
Moreland said sawing fire-damaged wood is a routine procedure to ensure there is no more fire inside it.
It was not yet known what caused the fire or how much monetary damage was caused, he said. There were no injuries.
This patio fire in Herndon was seen by two women leaving an apartment complex on their way to work Friday morning. Photo submitted by Pam Stamper
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Neighbor called fire department after seeing patio blaze
http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/article/20131227/NEWS/131229397/1064/herndon-fire-kept-small-due-to-alert-resident&template=fairfaxTimes
An alert resident leaving a Herndon apartment complex on her way to work Friday morning noticed a fire on a fourth-floor balcony, allowing firefighters to respond and prevent greater damage.
The fire took place in the 13000 block of Elm Tree Drive in Herndon.
Rachel Zabriskie, a resident in the building, said she was leaving for work shortly after 7 a.m. when she and a friend noticed the fire.
“The fire was growing bigger and starting to fall down to the balcony directly below it,” she said. “I called 911 and my friend Pam went to knock on all the doors because the smoke alarms hadn’t gone off yet and no one was awake. In less than 3 minutes, five firetrucks showed up to put it out.”
Capt. William Moreland, a spokesman for the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, confirmed that there had been a patio fire at that address Friday morning. “It was a small fire with minimum extension,” he said.
Fairfax County firefighters from Station #36-Frying Pan responded to the call.
“There wasn’t anything obvious on the balcony as to why it would have started, but the people who lived there were home and came to the door when Pam knocked to tell them to get out,” Zabriskie said. “When I finally left for work at 8 a.m., the fire was out and firefighters were chain-sawing the burnt wood.”
Moreland said sawing fire-damaged wood is a routine procedure to ensure there is no more fire inside it.
It was not yet known what caused the fire or how much monetary damage was caused, he said. There were no injuries.
This patio fire in Herndon was seen by two women leaving an apartment complex on their way to work Friday morning. Photo submitted by Pam Stamper
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Re: Herndon apartment patio fire kept small due to alert resident (Check out this Pic)
Posted by:
MS Burning
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Date: January 02, 2014 11:43AM
Probably a candle or something the tenants were smoking.
Re: Herndon apartment patio fire kept small due to alert resident (Check out this Pic)
Posted by:
negrodamas
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Date: January 02, 2014 11:43AM
So this happened friday morning, why the fuck are you posting it today?
Re: Herndon apartment patio fire kept small due to alert resident (Check out this Pic)
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Sparky the Fire Dog!
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Date: January 02, 2014 02:00PM
negrodamas Wrote:
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> So this happened friday morning, why the fuck are
> you posting it today?
I missed it in last week's "roundup".
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> So this happened friday morning, why the fuck are
> you posting it today?
I missed it in last week's "roundup".
Re: Herndon apartment patio fire kept small due to alert resident (Check out this Pic)
Posted by:
eesh
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Date: January 02, 2014 03:45PM
Will the security deposit cover the damage? lol
Re: Herndon apartment patio fire kept small due to alert resident (Check out this Pic)
Posted by:
Ugh the giant caveman
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Date: January 02, 2014 08:00PM
Firefighters are the first suspects unless the neighbors kids were smoking crack there.
Re: Herndon apartment patio fire kept small due to alert resident (Check out this Pic)
Posted by:
Revenge of the Nerds
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Date: January 03, 2014 07:44AM
Our house...Our house is burning down.
Re: Herndon apartment patio fire kept small due to alert resident (Check out this Pic)
Posted by:
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Date: January 05, 2014 03:24PM
Was anyone charged? I'm betting they were hispanics leaving their cooking out on the patio.