Arlington and Fairfax County firefighters are battling a house fire in the Bluemont neighborhood.
The blaze was reported just after 7 p.m., near the intersection of 6th Street and N. Kensington Street, in the attic of a home on 6th Street.
Firefighters are reporting that they have the flames under control. They’re also looking into the possibility that the fire started as the result of a lightning strike.
Update: Units have put out a fire on the 2nd floor and attic. Fire Marshall will be investigating.
— Arlington Fire (@ACFDPIO) May 2, 2016
Hail Shhmail⛈ Rain or shine we are here for you #Arlington! Pics are of a tree into a house & a earlier house fire. pic.twitter.com/cmeWJ68nwC
— Arlington Fire (@ACFDPIO) May 3, 2016
Photos courtesy Steve Thurston