PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. – It’s been a busy 24 hours for fire crews in eastern Prince William County.
Just after midnight, crews were called to the 1900 block of Willow Lane in Woodbridge where a car ran into a house and one person became trapped underneath the vehicle. That person was extricated from the scene and flown to a local hospital, fire officials said.
Residents inside the house were displaced, and the Red Cross was called to assist.
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About seven hours earlier, fire crews were called to a fire at a row house in Dumfries.
More in a press release from Prince William fire officials:
On Monday, February 11, at 5:01 p.m., fire and rescue units were dispatched to a structure fire in a middle-of-the –row townhouse located in the 1800 block of Fort Pulaski Court in the Town of Dumfries.
First-arriving units located and extinguished a working fire in a second floor bedroom. Two juveniles were transported to a medical facility for precautionary reasons. The Red
Cross assisted one adult and two juveniles that were displaced as a result of the fire.
The Dumfries police assisted with scene management.
A representative from the Dumfries Building Official’s office posted the structure as unsafe.
The preliminary damage estimate is $50,000.00.
Fire investigators from the County’s Fire Marshal’s Office classified the cause of this fire as accidental.
