(Updated at 1 p.m.) Arlington County firefighters battled a fire in an apartment building on Lee Highway today (Tuesday) and rescued a dog in the process.
The fire was reported just after noon on the third floor — the top floor — of the apartments at 4356 Lee Highway, just east of the Lee Heights Shops in the Waverly Hills neighborhood.
The fire was on a balcony in the rear of the building, according to scanner reports, and had also spread to the ceiling of the units below.
As of 12:25 p.m., the fire department reported that the fire was out. No injuries were reported, though a dog was rescued from one of the apartments.
County road crews were called in after the fire was out to spread salt on portions of the roadway that had been drenched with water from the firefighting effort.
https://twitter.com/ACFDPIO/status/818878637575389185
#Update: There was fire damage to 2 apartments. No injuries to any occupants or fire fighters. Great Job by all units. pic.twitter.com/hT92l4TVrU
— Arlington Fire (@ACFDPIO) January 10, 2017
#Update: Fire is out. Units are working on smoke removal.
— Arlington Fire (@ACFDPIO) January 10, 2017
#Update Photos from the scene at N. Thomas St. pic.twitter.com/PS5QWaMAXM
— Arlington Fire (@ACFDPIO) January 10, 2017
#Update: Fire on the balcony of a garden apartment that has extended into multiple apartments. Units are getting a knock on the fire now.
— Arlington Fire (@ACFDPIO) January 10, 2017
@ARLnowDOTcom apartment fire on Lee Hwy between Vermont and Tazwell Ct pic.twitter.com/H6Rig6HZ1A
— Deborah Eckbreth (@DeborahE5) January 10, 2017
@ARLnowDOTcom more equipment has arrived pic.twitter.com/T5EmKzWFWu
— Deborah Eckbreth (@DeborahE5) January 10, 2017
Photos (top) courtesy @DeborahE5, David Johnson, Andrew Pang/DC Metro Fire Photographers