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Fire Rages at Unoccupied Home in Stafford County

STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — A fire broke out at a home in the George Washington section of Stafford County last night.

No one was injured. The county’s fire and rescue department posted more information and a photo taken from the scene:

On Saturday February 16th at 5:57:50 p.m., Stafford County Fire and Rescue Department units were dispatched to a residential fire at 206 Beechwood Court in the Brookewood Farms Subdivision. At 5:32:53 p.m., the first arriving unit from the Falmouth Station reported, fire showing from a two-story split-level single family residence. Fire and Rescue personnel mounted an interior attack coordinated with a search for occupants. The Fire was under control within twenty minutes and the residence was found to be unoccupied.

There were no reported injuries to any of the first responders are civilians. The cause of the fire is under investigation and damage estimates are not available at this time.

Personnel from the following departments responded to the incident. Falmouth, White Oak, Berea, Stafford, Mountain View, Medic 11, Medic 5, Mountain View Rescue, Stafford Fire Marshal, Operations Deputy and Battalion 1 and Fredericksburg Fire Dept.