LAKE RIDGE, Va. — On Tuesday, April 3 at  11:30 a.m., fire and rescue units were dispatched to a townhouse fire located in the 12400 block of Skipper Circle in Lake Ridge.
Fire and rescue units, upon arrival, were met by the residents stating the fire was in the kitchen but was extinguished.
Everyone safely evacuated. No injuries reported.
Three adults and four children were displaced.
American Red Cross was called to the scene to assist families.
Preliminary damages are estimated at $3000.00.
Fire Marshal’s investigation determined the origin of the fire was the stovetop; the cause of the fire was accidental.
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QUANTICO, Va. — Quantico’s top official is calling it quits after 30 years in the Marine Corps.
Col. Daniel J. Choike next month will retire as the commander of Quantico Marine Corps Base, a position he’s held for the past three years, reports WTOP.com.
Choike said he plans to remain in the area with his wife, telling the radio station that Quantico is their home.
Choike was influential on a recent BRAC panel that oversaw the relocation of 6,500 federal workers to Quantico. So far, the relocation of workers from office buildings in Arlington –with access to Metro – has not produced any significant traffic delays in the area.
The top commander also urged Stafford County officials in 2010 to consider the munitions ranges on base and the noise they produce when planning for future development in the North Stafford and Boswells Corner areas. Boswell’s Corner is the home to the Quantico Corporate Center, a thriving business park that could be home to a new technology and research center.
NEW INFORMATION
Garrisonville Supervisor Ty Schieber starts today knowing he has a permanent seat on the Stafford County Board of Supervisors.
An interim Supervisor since January, the Republican Schieber solidified his position on the Board with a win in an election held exclusively in his Garrisonville District, beating out Democratic challenger John “Jac” Starkey with 65 percent of the vote.
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I think it was Forrest Gump who once said, “Slugging is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you’re gonna get.”
On second thought, maybe that’s not exactly how the saying goes, but it certainly could easily apply to slugging. Slugs may often come across the same people; however, the system is such that Slugs generally don’t know who they will be riding with until they get into a car at the Slug line. And unless you’ve ridden with that driver before, you just get in, buckle up, and hope for the best.
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NEW THIS MORNING
The bus that crashed along Interstate 95 in Dumfries this morning, causing massive delays from Prince William Count south to Stafford County, was headed to Fort Belvoir.
Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said a car swerved into the travel lane of the bus, and the bus driver then swerved to avoid the car and hit the guardrail and then crashing into the three-foot deep ditch.
The driver was wearing his seatbelt at the time of the crash, and all eight occupants (not 15 as was originally reported by state police) suffered minor injuries. No one was taken to a hospital, Geller added.
The driver that swerved into the path of the bus continued traveling north and has not been found.
The bus is owned by Fredericksburg-based LW Transportation, a company that offers charter bus services.
The accident was cleared from the roadway by 7 a.m.
ORIGINAL POST 7 A.M.Â
DUMFRIES, Va. — A crash of a commuter bus on Interstate 95 north has snarled traffic in the Potomac Communities.
The Virginia Department of Transportation reports the crash in the right lane and shoulder of I-95 just past exit 150, at Triangle / Quantico and the National Museum of the Marine Corps.
Traffic is backed up for more than eight miles into the Stafford County, according to VDOT.
According to Virginia State Police, only minor injuries were suffered during the crash as the commuter bus, heading north on I-95, hit a guardrail and came to rest in a ditch about 5:20 a.m. There were 15 passengers onboard the bus.
Traffic is getting by the crash in the center and left lanes, added police.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. -- Members of the Prince William Chamber of Commerce have been invited to participate in a briefing call on Clean Energy: The Next Economic Development Solution The call, hosted by Chambers for Innovation and Clean Energy – a national network of chambers of commerce that connects local businesses with clean energy opportunities that can grow the nation’s clean energy economy.
The Prince William Chamber is a formative member of the group. Chamber President & CEO Rob Clapper is a member of the steering committee. on Thursday, April 5 at 11:00 a.m.
Member businesses are being encouraged to take part in the call where they will learn about how to get ahead of the clean energy movement, including creating clean energy clusters, incubators and other solutions. They will find out how local chambers of commerce can take advantage of current clean energy economic development potential.
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UPDATE
The emergency room at Prince William Hospital in Manassas is open once again after officials determined two patients were not exposed to hazardous materials.
Emergency responders who had been called to the hospital and to a FedEx truck that authorities thought contained the now harmless substance at a shopping center in Manassas.
The emergency medical facility closed about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday.
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MANASSAS, Va. — The emergency room at Prince William Hospital has closed after a report of two FedEx employees who were potentially exposed to hazardous materials.
The employees drove themselves to the hospital and told officials they had come into contact with a white, powdery substance that was contained inside a package. It’s not yet known what the substance was, and the identities of the employees have not been released.
A FedEx truck that’s believed to have contained the package is parked outside a K-Mart store on Va. 234 in Manassas, about two miles from the hospital, and now being examined, said Prince William fire and rescue spokeswoman Kim Hylander.
Emergency crews in Prince William County are not taking patients to Prince William Hospital, but rather to other nearby facilities, said Hylander.
We’ll have more on this as it develops.
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginians are encouraged to explore the world beneath their feet during Virginia Cave Week, April 22-28.
Virginia Cave Week is intended to raise awareness of Virginia’s caves and surrounding limestone habitats known as karst. The week features discounted admission to some commercial caves as well as opportunities for educators to engage their students with activities and field trips.
This year’s theme, “Hike the Karst Trail,” focuses on the newly established Virginia Cave and Karst Trail. This thematic trail links cave-related resources that stretch from Strasburg to Radford.
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NORTH STAFFORD, Va. -- It’s Election Day in the Garrisonville District as voters decide who will represent them on the Stafford Board of County Supervisors.
Polls opened in Stafford’s most suburbanized magisterial district at 6 a.m. and will close at 7 p.m. Voters will chose who will permanently replace Delegate Mark Dudenhefer, R-2, Stafford, Woodbridge, who stepped down as the Garrisonville District Supervisor and Board of Supervisors Chairman in January.
Voters will choose from Republican interim Supervisor Ty Schieber or political newcomer Democrat Jon “Jack” Starkey. Both men say schools and transportation are top priorities in the district.
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LAKE RIDGE, Va. – The annual Lake Ridge Fishout is underway this week at the Ridge-Wood Pool off Old Bridge Drive.
The Lake Ridge Property Owners Association stocked the swimming pool with 750 trout for the fifth-annual Fishout event. All of the trout must be caught before Saturday so the pool can be scrubbed, cleaned, and readied for the start of the summer swim season next month.
