Apartment fire caused by improperly discarded smoking material
The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department and the Arlington County Fire Department were dispatched for a reported apartment fire in the 2900 block of Dover Lane in West Falls Church May 29 at approximately 2:51 p.m.
Units arrived on the scene of a three-story, garden apartment style building with fire visible from the third-floor balcony. Due to the location of fire, and the extremely hot temperature during that time of day, a second alarm was requested. This brought additional resources to include units from the City of Fairfax Fire Department. Crews were able to bring the fire under…
